Tom Stephen

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Tom Stephen
Personal information
Born (2002-03-30) March 30, 2002 (age 23)
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Sport
CountryFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
SportSkiing
Medal record
FIS Nordic Junior World Ski Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2020 Oberwiesenthal Junior 4 × 5 kilometre relay
Updated on December 23, 2025

Thomas Stephen (born March 30, 2002) is a Canadian cross-country skier. [1] Stephen became the first Canadian male to ever win a gold medal at the Nordic Junior World Ski Championships.

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Career

Stephen competed at the 2020 Nordic Junior World Ski Championships in Germany, and was part of the silver medal-winning junior men's relay in the junior division. [2] The following year at the 2021 Nordic Junior World Ski Championships, Stephen finished 12th in the sprint event and fifth in the mass start. [3] [4] [5]

At the 2025 Canadian Olympic trials in Vernon, British Columbia, Stephen won the 10 km classical event, clinching his spot on Canada's 2026 Olympic team. [6] [7] The race was Stephen's first of the season and he had only returned to the snow ten days before the race after nursing a back injury. [1]

On December 19, 2025, Stephen was officially named to Canada's 2026 Olympic team. [8] [9]

References

  1. 1 2 "Tom Stephen". www.olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee (COC). Retrieved 20 December 2025.
  2. "Junior Canucks Win Historic Silver Medal in Relay at Nordic World Ski Championships in Germany". www.crosscountrybc.ca/. Cross Country BC. Retrieved 18 December 2025.
  3. "Calgary's Stephen has solid ski day at world juniors". Calgary Sun . Calgary, Alberta, Canada: Post Media. 9 February 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2025.
  4. "Calgary's Tom Stephen Fights for Fifth in Nordic World Junior Ski Championship Finale". www.crosscountrybc.ca/. Cross Country BC. Retrieved 23 December 2025.
  5. "Calgary's Tom Stephen skies to fifth in mass start world junior race". Calgary Sun . Calgary, Alberta, Canada: Post Media. 14 February 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2025.
  6. "Sonjaa Schmidt and Tom Stephen win day one of the 2026 Olympic Winter Games Trials". www.nordiqcanada.ca. Nordiq Canada. 14 December 2025. Retrieved 20 December 2025.
  7. Campbell, Glenn (19 December 2025). "Calgarian Tom Stephen secures spot on Canada's Olympic cross-country team". CTV News . Retrieved 23 December 2025.
  8. Nichols, Paula (19 December 2025). "11 cross-country skiers nominated to Team Canada for Milano Cortina 2026". www.olympic.ca. Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Canadian Olympic Committee . Retrieved 19 December 2025.
  9. "Team Canada unveils Olympic cross-country skiing team". www.sportsnet.ca/. Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Sportsnet. 19 December 2025. Retrieved 19 December 2025.