Amelia Smart
Smart in 2023 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 8 January 1998 North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Occupation | Alpine skier |
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (168 cm) |
| Sport | |
| Country | Canada |
| Skiing career | |
| Disciplines | Slalom |
| Club | Windermere |
| World Cup debut | 25 November 2017 (age 19) |
| Olympics | |
| Teams | 2 – (2022, 2026) |
| Medals | 0 |
| World Championships | |
| Teams | 4 – (2019–2025) |
| Medals | 0 |
| World Cup | |
| Seasons | 9 – (2018–2026) |
| Podiums | 0 |
| Overall titles | 0 – (56th in 2023) |
| Discipline titles | 0 – (21st in SL, 2022) |
Amelia Smart (born 8 January 1998) is a Canadian World Cup alpine ski racer.[1][2]
Career
Junior
Smart was part of Canada's team at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics, where she competed in four events. Smart's best placement was an 8th-place finish in the combined event.[1][3]
At the World Junior Alpine Skiing Championships 2019 in Italy, Smart had a career best 7th-place finish in the slalom event.[4]
Senior
At Smart's first World Championships in 2021, Smart finished in 27th in the slalom event.[5] In June 2021, Smart was named to Canada's national team for the 2021–22 season.[6]
On January 21, 2022, Smart was named to Canada's 2022 Olympic team.[7][8][9] She joined Team Canada again four years later for the 2026 Milano Cortina Olympics.[10] She achieved a 27th place finish in both the 2022 and 2026 slalom events.[11]
World Cup results
Season standings
| Season | |||||||
| Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined | |
| 2018 | 20 | 134 | 59 | — | — | — | — |
| 2019 | 21 | 134 | 57 | — | — | — | — |
| 2020 | 22 | 105 | 40 | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | 23 | 108 | 45 | — | — | — | N/a |
| 2022 | 24 | 59 | 21 | — | — | — | |
| 2023 | 25 | 56 | 22 | — | — | — | |
| 2024 | 26 | 74 | 32 | — | — | — | |
| 2025 | 27 | 88 | 35 | — | — | — | |
| 2026 | 28 | 104 | 41 | — | — | — |
- Standings through 18 February 2026
Top ten finishes
- 0 podiums; 3 top tens
| Season | ||||
| Date | Location | Discipline | Place | |
| 2022 | 11 Jan 2022 | Schladming, Austria | Slalom | 9th |
| 19 Mar 2022 | Méribel, France | Slalom | 9th | |
| 2023 | 4 Jan 2023 | Zagreb, Croatia | Slalom | 8th |
World Championship results
| Year | ||||||
| Age | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined | |
| 2019 | 21 | 22 | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | 23 | 27 | — | — | — | — |
| 2023 | 25 | 24 | — | — | — | — |
| 2025 | 27 | DNF1 | — | — | — | N/a |
Olympic results
| Year | ||||||||
| Age | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined | Team combined |
Team event | |
| 2022 | 24 | 27 | — | — | — | — | N/a | — |
| 2026 | 28 | 27 | — | — | — | N/a | — | N/a |
References
- ^ a b "Amelia Smart". alpinecanada.org. Alpine Canada. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
- ^ "Amelia Smart". olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
- ^ "Canada sending 54 athletes to Winter Youth Olympics". cbc.ca. CBC Sports. 1 February 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
- ^ "Amelia Smart Leads Canada With 7th-place Finish in Ladies' Slalom". alpinecanada.org. Alpine Canada. 20 February 2019. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
- ^ Willemsen, Eric (20 February 2021). "Shiffrin denied record 5th straight slalom world title by Katharina Liensberger". Associated Press. New York City, New York, U.S. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
- ^ "Alpine Canada announces 2021-22 national team". skiracing.com. Ski Racing Media. 7 June 2021. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "21 Alpine Skiing and Ski Cross Athletes Nominated to Compete at Beijing 2022". alpinecanada.org. Alpine Canada. 21 January 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
- ^ Spyker, Josiah (28 January 2022). "Three Invermere skiers competing in Olympics". My East Kootenay Now. Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
- ^ "Alpine Skiing - Team Canada". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 18 February 2026.
- ^ "Amelia Smart". Olympedia. Retrieved 18 February 2026.
External links
- Amelia Smart at FIS (alpine)
- Amelia Smart at Olympics.com
- Amelia Smart at Team Canada
- Amelia Smart at Olympedia
- Amelia Smart at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
- Amelia Smart at Alpine Canada (archive)
- Amelia Smart at Milano Cortina 2026
- Amelia Smart on Instagram