Reece Howden Explained

Reece Howden
Birth Date:12 July 1998
Birth Place:Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
Sport:Freestyle skiing
Event:Ski cross

Reece Howden (born 12 July 1998) is a Canadian freestyle skier who competes internationally in the ski cross discipline.[1] [2]

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]

On January 24, 2022, Howden was named to Canada's 2022 Olympic team.[7] [8] [9]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Reece Howden. www.alpinecanada.org/. Alpine Canada. 29 January 2021.
  2. Web site: Reece Howden. www.olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee. 29 January 2022.
  3. Web site: Howden to lead Team Canada into Youth Olympic Games Closing Ceremony. Barrett. Jessica. 21 February 2016. www.olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee. 29 January 2022.
  4. News: 21 March 2021. Canada’s Reece Howden wins ski cross crystal globe in rookie season. Canadian Press. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 29 January 2022.
  5. Web site: Canada's Reece Howden wins World Cup ski cross gold in Russia. 13 March 2021. www.cbc.ca/. CBC Sports. 29 January 2022.
  6. Web site: A Pair of Fifths and Career Bests at World Ski Cross Championships for Hoffos and Howden. 13 February 2021. www.alpinecanada.org/. Alpine Canada. 29 January 2021.
  7. Web site: Team Canada adds 24 freestyle skiers to the roster for Beijing 2022. Nichols. Paula. 24 January 2022. www.olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee. 24 January 2022.
  8. News: Ewing. Lori. 24 January 2022. Moguls star Kingsbury leads Canada's Beijing Olympic freestyle team. Canadian Press. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 24 January 2022.
  9. News: 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. 29 January 2022.

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