James Crawford (alpine skier)

James Crawford
Personal information
BornJames Alexander Crawford
(1997-05-03) 3 May 1997
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
OccupationAlpine skier
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Family
Sport
Country Canada
Skiing career
DisciplinesDownhill, Super-G,
Giant slalom, Combined
ClubGeorgian Peaks & Whistler Mountain[1]
World Cup debut22 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 titles0 – (12th in 2023)
Discipline titles0 – (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
2022 Beijing Combined
World Championships
2023 Courchevel Super-G
Junior World Championships
2017 Åre Team event
2016 Sochi Super-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 competed in 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;[4][5] he was fourth in the downhill, sixth in the super-G, and won 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]

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 21 150 — — 54 — — N/a
2020 22 97 — — 22 — — —
2021 23 82 — — 24 51 N/a —
2022 24 14 — — 5 16 —
2023 25 12 — 54 19 5 N/a
2024 26 23 — 41 12 13
2025 27 13 — — 11 5
2026 28 63 — — 21 37
Standings through 13 March 2026

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 2022   Kvitfjell, Norway Super-G 2nd
2023 3 December 2022 Beaver Creek, United States Downhill 3rd
28 December 2022 Bormio, Italy Downhill 2nd
4 March 2023 Aspen, United States Downhill 2nd
2025 25 January 2025 Kitzbühel, Austria Downhill 1st
9 March 2025   Kvitfjell, Norway Super-G 2nd

World Championship results

Year
Age Slalom Giant
slalom 		Super-G Downhill Combined Team
combined 		Parallel Team
 event 
2019 21 — — 36 — — N/a N/a —
2021 23 — DNF1 14 21 4 — —
2023 25 — — 1 5 DNS SL — —
2025 27 — — 27 23 N/a — N/a —

Olympic results

Year
Age Slalom Giant
slalom 		Super-G Downhill Combined Team
combined 		Team event
2018 20 — 29 DNF — 20 N/a —
2022 24 — — 6 4 3 —
2026 28 — — 16 9 N/a — N/a

References

  1. ^ "Jack Crawford". www.alpinecanada.org. Alpine Canada. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Olympedia – Jack Crawford". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 11 February 2026.
  3. ^ "Athlete Profile: James CRAWFORD - Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Winter Games". www.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". www.olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  5. ^ "21 Alpine Skiing and Ski Cross Athletes Nominated to Compete at Beijing 2022". www.alpinecanada.org/. Alpine Canada. 21 January 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  6. ^ a b 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)". www.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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