Reece Howden
Canadian freestyle skier (born 1998)
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Reece Howden (born 12 July 1998) is a Canadian freestyle skier who competes internationally in the ski cross discipline.[1][2] He represented Canada at the 2022 and 2026 Winter Olympics.
CanadaHowden at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 12 July 1998 Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada |
| Sport | |
| Country | Canada |
| Sport | Freestyle skiing |
Event | Ski cross |
Medal record | |
Career
Junior
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
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]
Howden represented Canada at the 2022 Winter Olympics[7][8][9] in Beijing, China, where he finished 3rd in the quarterfinals, so did not advance to the semi-finals, and finished 9th overall.[2]
Howden won a 2nd Crystal Globe at the end of the 2022–23 FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup season, finishing atop the points standings, reaching the podium seven times including three victories.[10]
In 2024–25 FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup season, Howden won 7 races, including both at the end of the season in Idre Fjall, Sweden,[11] and as a result, won the Crystal Globe - most performance points for the season - for a third time.[12] His last win was Howden's 18th world cup victory.[12]
