James Crawford (alpine skier)

James Crawford
Personal information
BornJames Alexander Crawford
(1997-05-03) 3 May 1997
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Family
Skiing career
Country Canada
SportAlpine skiing
ClubGeorgian Peaks & Whistler Mountain[1]
DisciplinesDownhill, Super-G,
Giant slalom, Combined
World Cup debut
22 January 2016 (age 18)
Olympics
Teams3 – (2018, 2022, 2026)
Medals1 (0 gold)
World Championships
Teams4 – (2019–2025)
Medals1 (1 gold)
World Cup
Seasons10 – (2016, 2018–2026)
Wins1 – (1 DH)
Podiums6 – (4 DH, 2 SG)
Overall titles
0 – (12th in 2023)
Discipline titles
0 – (5th in SG, 2022;
                 DH, 2023, 2025}
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 place2022 BeijingCombined
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2023 CourchevelSuper-G
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place2017 ÅreTeam event
Silver medal – second place2016 SochiSuper-G

James Alexander "Jack" Crawford[2] (born 3 May 1997) is a Canadian World Cup alpine ski racer. He specializes in the speed disciplines of downhill and super-G, and occasionally competes in giant slalom and combined.

Crawford made his World Cup debut in January 2016 in a super-G at Kitzbühel, Austria. He represented Canada at the 2018 Winter Olympics,[3] 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 for the second time;[4][5] finishing fourth in the downhill, sixth in the super-G, and winning the bronze medal in the combined.[6] At the 2023 World Championships in Courchevel, Crawford won his first gold medal in Super-G.[7][8] In 2025, he won the Kitzbühel downhill, the first Canadian win since Todd Brooker in 1983.[9] In 2026 competed at the Milano Cortina Olympics, finishing ninth in the men's downhill and sixteenth in the super-G.

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.[6][10]

World Cup results

Season standings

Season
Age Overall Slalom Giant
slalom		 Super-G Downhill Combined Parallel
2019 21150——54——N/a
2020 2297——22———
2021 2382——2451N/a—
2022 2414——516—
2023 2512—54195N/a
2024 2623—411213
2025 2713——115
2026 2867——2238

Race podiums

  • 1 win (1 DH)
  • 6 podiums (4 DH, 2 SG); 28 top tens (15 DH, 13 SG)
Season
Date Location Discipline Place
2022 6 March 2022Norway  Kvitfjell, NorwaySuper-G2nd
2023 3 December 2022United States Beaver Creek, United StatesDownhill3rd
28 December 2022Italy Bormio, ItalyDownhill2nd
4 March 2023United States Aspen, United StatesDownhill2nd
2025 25 January 2025Austria Kitzbühel, AustriaDownhill1st
9 March 2025Norway  Kvitfjell, NorwaySuper-G2nd

World Championship results

Year
Age Slalom Giant
slalom		 Super-G Downhill Combined Team
combined		 Parallel Team
 event 
201921——36——N/aN/a—
202123—DNF114214——
202325——15DNS SL——
202527——2723N/a—N/a—

Olympic results

Year
Age Slalom Giant
slalom		 Super-G Downhill Combined Team
combined		 Team event
201820—29DNF—20N/a—
202224——643—
202628——169N/a—N/a

References

  1. ↑ "Jack Crawford". alpinecanada.org. Alpine Canada. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
  2. ↑ "Olympedia – Jack Crawford". olympedia.org. Retrieved 11 February 2026.
  3. ↑ "Athlete Profile: James CRAWFORD - Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Winter Games". pyeongchang2018.com. Archived from the original on 20 April 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  4. ↑ Nichols, Paula (21 January 2022). "13 alpine skiers and eight ski cross racers nominated to Team Canada for Beijing 2022". olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  5. ↑ "21 Alpine Skiing and Ski Cross Athletes Nominated to Compete at Beijing 2022". alpinecanada.org. Alpine Canada. 21 January 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  6. 1 2 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.
  7. ↑ "'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.
  8. ↑ "World Championships Courchevel Meribel (FRA)". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  9. ↑ 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.
  10. ↑ 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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