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James Crawford (alpine skier)

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James Crawford
Personal information
Born (1997-05-03) 3 May 1997 (age 27)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
OccupationAlpine skier
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Skiing career
DisciplinesSuper-G, Downhill, Giant slalom, Combined
ClubGeorgian Peaks & Whistler Mountain Ski Club[1]
World Cup debut22 January 2016 (age 18)
Olympics
Teams2 – (2018, 2022)
Medals1 (0 gold)
World Championships
Teams3 – (2019, 2021, 2023)
Medals1 (1 gold)
World Cup
Seasons7 – (2016, 2018–2023)
Wins1 – (1 DH)
Podiums5 – (4 DH, 1 SG)
Overall titles0 – (12th in 2023)
Discipline titles0 – (5th in SG, 2022)
Medal record
Men's alpine skiing
Representing  Canada
International competitions
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 0 1
World Championships 1 0 0
Total 1 0 1
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Beijing Combined
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Courchevel Super-G
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Åre Team event
Silver medal – second place 2016 Sochi Super-G

James "Jack" Crawford (born 3 May 1997) is a Canadian World Cup alpine ski racer. He specializes in super-G, and also competes in giant slalom, downhill, and combined.

Crawford made his World Cup debut in January 2016 in a super-G at Kitzbühel, Austria. He competed in the 2018 Winter Olympics,[2] and the World Championships in 2019 and 2021, where he was fourth in the combined event. In January 2022, Crawford was named to Canada's Olympic team;[3][4] he was fourth in the downhill, sixth in the super-G, and won the bronze medal in the combined.[5] At the 2023 World Championships in Courchevel, Crawford won his first gold medal in Super-G.[6][7] In 2025, he won the Kitzbühel downhill, the first Canadian win since Todd Brooker in 1983.[8]

Crawford's older sister Candace is also an alpine racer; their aunt is Judy Crawford, who finished fourth in the slalom at the 1972 Winter Olympics at Sapporo.[5][9]

World Cup results

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Season standings

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Season Age Overall Slalom Giant
Slalom		 Super-G Downhill Combined
2019 21 150 — — 54 — —
2020 22 97 — — 22 — —
2021 23 82 — — 24 51 —
2022 24 14 — — 5 16
2023 25 12 — 54 19 5
2024 26 23 — 41 12 13
2025 27 15 — — 10 7
Standings through 25 January 2025

Race podiums

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  • 1 win (1 DH)
  • 5 podiums (4 DH, 1 SG); 24 top tens (13 DH, 11 SG)
Season Date Location Discipline Place
2022 6 Mar 2022 Norway  Kvitfjell, Norway Super-G 2nd
2023 3 Dec 2022 United States Beaver Creek, USA Downhill 3rd
28 Dec 2022 Italy Bormio, Italy Downhill 2nd
4 Mar 2023 United States Aspen, USA Downhill 2nd
2025 25 Jan 2025 Austria Kitzbühel, Austria Downhill 1st

World Championship results

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  Year    Age   Slalom   Giant 
 slalom 		 Super-G Downhill Combined Team
event
2019 21 — — 36 — — —
2021 23 — DNF1 14 21 4 —
2023 25 — — 1 5 DNS SL —

Olympic results

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  Year    Age   Slalom   Giant 
 slalom 		 Super-G Downhill Combined
2018 20 — 29 DNF — 20
2022 24 — — 6 4 3

References

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  1. ^ "Jack Crawford". www.alpinecanada.org. Alpine Canada. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Athlete Profile: James CRAWFORD - Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Winter Games". www.pyeongchang2018.com. Archived from the original on 20 April 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  3. ^ Nichols, Paula (21 January 2022). "13 alpine skiers and eight ski cross racers nominated to Team Canada for Beijing 2022". www.olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  4. ^ "21 Alpine Skiing and Ski Cross Athletes Nominated to Compete at Beijing 2022". www.alpinecanada.org/. Alpine Canada. 21 January 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  5. ^ a b Steiner, Ben (10 February 2022). "Jack Crawford skis to alpine combined bronze, launching Canadian ski racing into a new era". Beijing 2022. CBC Sports. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  6. ^ "'It's a childhood dream': Canada's Jack Crawford wins super-G world title". CBC Sports. The Associated Press. 9 February 2023. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  7. ^ "World Championships Courchevel Meribel (FRA)". www.fis-ski.com. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  8. ^ mikecharlebois (25 January 2025). "Crawford earns first career World Cup gold at prestigious Kitzbuehel race". Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
  9. ^ Feschuk, Dave (10 February 2018). "Toronto skiing siblings Candace and Jack Crawford bring heady family history to Olympic debuts". Toronto Star. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
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