Reece Howden
 Howden at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 12 July 1998 Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada |
| Sport | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Sport | Freestyle skiing |
| Event | Ski cross |
Medal record | |
Reece Howden (born 12 July 1998) is a Canadian freestyle skier who competes internationally in the ski cross discipline.[1][2]
Career
[edit]Junior
[edit]At the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway, Howden won the gold medal in the ski cross event and was Canada's flagbearer during the closing ceremony.[3]
Senior
[edit]Howden won his first World Cup race in 2020, his rookie season.[1] Howden would go on to win the crystal globe, awarded to the overall points leader per discipline for the 2020–21 FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup season.[4] During the season Howden won four races and had two other podium finishes.[4][5]
Howden had a fifth-place finish at the 2021 World Championships.[6]
On January 24, 2022, Howden was named to Canada's 2022 Olympic team.[7][8][9]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Reece Howden". www.alpinecanada.org/. Alpine Canada. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
- ^ "Reece Howden". www.olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
- ^ Barrett, Jessica (21 February 2016). "Howden to lead Team Canada into Youth Olympic Games Closing Ceremony". www.olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
- ^ a b "Canada's Reece Howden wins ski cross crystal globe in rookie season". Canadian Press. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 21 March 2021. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
- ^ "Canada's Reece Howden wins World Cup ski cross gold in Russia". www.cbc.ca/. CBC Sports. 13 March 2021. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
- ^ "A Pair of Fifths and Career Bests at World Ski Cross Championships for Hoffos and Howden". www.alpinecanada.org/. Alpine Canada. 13 February 2021. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
- ^ Nichols, Paula (24 January 2022). "Team Canada adds 24 freestyle skiers to the roster for Beijing 2022". www.olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
- ^ Ewing, Lori (24 January 2022). "Moguls star Kingsbury leads Canada's Beijing Olympic freestyle team". Canadian Press. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
- ^ Chidley-Hill, John (29 January 2022). "World Cup champ Howden set to make Olympic debut with stacked Canadian ski cross team". Canadian Press. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
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- 1998 births
- Living people
- Canadian male freestyle skiers
- People from Chilliwack
- Skiing people from British Columbia
- Freestyle skiers at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics
- Freestyle skiers at the 2022 Winter Olympics
- Olympic freestyle skiers for Canada
- Youth Olympic gold medalists for Canada
- 21st-century Canadian sportsmen
- Canadian freestyle skiing biography stubs