Reece Howden

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Reece Howden
Personal information
Born (1998-07-12) 12 July 1998 (age 25)
Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
Sport
Country Canada
SportFreestyle skiing
EventSki cross
Medal record
Men's freestyle skiing
Representing  Canada
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2023 Bakuriani Mixed team ski cross
Winter Youth Olympics
Gold medal – first place 2016 Lillehammer Boys' ski cross

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]

  1. ^ a b "Reece Howden". www.alpinecanada.org/. Alpine Canada. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Reece Howden". www.olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Canada's Reece Howden wins World Cup ski cross gold in Russia". www.cbc.ca/. CBC Sports. 13 March 2021. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ Ewing, Lori (24 January 2022). "Moguls star Kingsbury leads Canada's Beijing Olympic freestyle team". Canadian Press. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  9. ^ 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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