Broderick Thompson (alpine skier) explained

Broderick Thompson
Nationality:Canadian
Birth Date:19 April 1994
Birth Place:Whistler, British Columbia
Height:184 cm
Weight:89 kg
Sport:Alpine skiing
Club:Whistler Mountain Ski Club[1]

Broderick Thompson (born 19 April 1994 in North Vancouver) is a Canadian World Cup alpine ski racer. During the 2014–15 season, he was the Nor-Am Cup champion in super-G and scored his first World Cup point, finishing thirtieth in a combined event at Wengen.

Thompson competed in the 2018 Winter Olympics,[2] and the 2021 World Championships. He is the brother of ski cross racer Marielle Thompson (b.1992).

Thompson scored his first World Cup podium on 2 December 2021, finishing 3rd. Thompson started the Beaver Creek, Colorado super-g with bib 35 and put down a time just under a second back from race winner Marco Odermatt from Switzerland.

In January 2022, Thompson was named to Canada's 2022 Olympic team.[3] [4]

World Cup results

Season standings

Season Age Overall Slalom Giant
Slalom
Super G Downhill Combined
20151 42
21146 42
22
2376 45 10
24
25
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202227742055
202328744833

Top twenty finishes

SeasonDateLocationDisciplinePlace
201829 Dec 2017 Bormio, Italy 8th
12 Jan 2018    Wengen, Switzerland Combined 17th
20222 Dec 2021 align=left rowspan=2 Beaver Creek, USA 3rd
3 Dec 2021 Super-G 20th
6 Mar 2022 Kvitfjell, Norway Super-G 15th
17 Mar 2022 Courchevel, France Super-G 18th
202317 Dec 2022 Val Gardena, Italy 16th
style=text-align:right20 Jan 2023 style=text-align:left Kitzbühel, Austria Downhill 9th

Olympic results

  Year    Age   Slalom   Giant 
 slalom 
Super-G Downhill CombinedTeam
event
23 23
27 8

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Broderick Thompson . . . 16 February 2018.
  2. Web site: Athlete Profile: Broderick THOMPSON - Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Winter Games . www.pyeongchang2018.com . 2018-02-13 . 2018-04-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180420013139/https://www.pyeongchang2018.com/en/game-time/results/OWG2018/en/alpine-skiing/athlete-profile-n3028233-broderick-thompson.htm . dead .
  3. Web site: 13 alpine skiers and eight ski cross racers nominated to Team Canada for Beijing 2022. Nichols. Paula. 21 January 2022. www.olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee. 21 January 2022.
  4. Web site: 21 Alpine Skiing and Ski Cross Athletes Nominated to Compete at Beijing 2022. 21 January 2022. www.alpinecanada.org/. Alpine Canada. 21 January 2022.