Brittany Phelan

Brittany Phelan
Personal information
Born (1991-09-24) September 24, 1991
Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, Quebec[1]
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Skiing career
SportAlpine skiing
ClubMont Tremblant
DisciplinesSlalom, Combined
Olympics
Teams2 – (2014, 2018)
Medals1
World Cup
Seasons3
Medal record
Women's freestyle skiing
Representing  Canada
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2018 PyeongchangSki cross

Brittany Phelan (born September 24, 1991) is a Canadian freestyle skier who competes in ski cross. She was formerly an alpine skier, specializing in slalom skiing. She won the silver medal in women's ski cross at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.

Career

Phelan represented Canada at the 2014 Winter Olympics, where she finished 15th in the slalom.[2] However, she suffered injuries during the following season, which led to a drop in her World Cup ranking, and led her to follow in the footsteps of several other Canadian alpine skiers such as Louis-Pierre Hélie, Brady Leman, Kelsey Serwa and Georgia Simmerling by switching to ski cross.[3]

In December 2016, she set a new personal best in ski cross when she finished eleventh at a World Cup competition in Val Thorens,[4] following it up by setting another personal best by finishing seventh in the first of two rounds at Innichen later that month.[5] Since 2013, Brittany is part of the Tremblant athletes ambassadors program.

At the 2018 Winter Olympics, Phelan made it to the final race of the ski cross event. At one point in fourth place, she passed Sandra Näslund and Fanny Smith to finish in second place behind teammate Serwa.[6]

Results

Olympic Winter Games

 Year   Age  Slalom Ski Cross
Russia 2014 Sochi 22 15 N/a
South Korea 2018 Pyeongchang 26 N/a 2
China 2022 Beijing 30 5
Italy 2026 Milano Cortina 34 16

World Championships

 Year   Age  Slalom Ski Cross
Germany 2011 Garmisch-Partenkirchen 19 DNF N/a
Austria 2013 Schladming 21 30
Spain 2017 Sierra Nevada 25 N/a DNS
United States 2019 Deer Valley 27 6

World Cup

Season standings

Season Age Overall Slalom Ski Cross
2013216726N/a
2014228633
201623141N/a30
2017244310
201825103rd place, bronze medalist(s)
201926185
202027186
202228N/a4
20232924
2024303rd place, bronze medalist(s)
20253124

References

  1. ↑ "Profile". Canadian Olympic Committee. 16 January 2014. Retrieved 2014-01-24.
  2. ↑ "Brittany Phelan: The Olympic Dream". Mont Tremblant Resort. 7 March 2014. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
  3. ↑ "Le nouveau défi de Brittany Phelan" [The new challenge of Brittany Phelan]. TVA Sports (in French). 24 September 2015. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
  4. ↑ "Brady Leman Captures Second-Place in Val Thorens Ski Cross". Alpine Canada. 10 December 2016. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
  5. ↑ "Thompson and Simmerling Go 2-3 on the World Cup Podium". Alpine Canada. 21 December 2016. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  6. ↑ "Canada's Kelsey Serwa wins gold, Brittany Phelan grabs silver in women's skicross at Winter Olympics". The Globe and Mail. February 22, 2018.
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