Alexandria Loutitt

Alexandria Loutitt (born 7 January 2004) is a Canadian ski jumper.[1][2] She is the Canada’s first ever world champion in ski jumping and the first Canadian woman to win a World Cup ski jumping event.[3][4]

Alexandria Loutitt
Loutitt in 2023 in Hinzenbach, Austria
CountryCanada
Born (2004-01-07) 7 January 2004
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Height164 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Ski clubAltius Nordic Ski Club
Personal best225 m (738 ft) Canadian national record
Vikersund, 19 March 2023
World Cup career
Seasons2021–present
Individual wins1
Indiv. podiums2
Indiv. starts25
Team starts5
Medal record
Women's ski jumping
Representing  Canada
Winter Olympics
Bronze medal – third place2022 BeijingMixed team
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2023 PlanicaIndividual LH
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place2023 WhistlerIndividual NH
Bronze medal – third place2022 ZakopaneIndividual NH
Updated on 24 March 2023.

Loutitt trains in Slovenia, as the ski jumping facility at the Canada Olympic Park in Calgary was shut down.[5][6]

Career

Loutitt became captivated with ski jumping while watching the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. She attended the National Sports School in Calgary, Alberta, which allowed her to spend several months a year in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany for training as a teenager before joining the Canadian national team.[7]

Loutitt competed in four events at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2021, finishing 46th on the normal hill, 38th on the large hill, 11th on the women's team normal hill and 10th in the mixed team normal hill.[2] In December 2021, Loutitt had her season's best performance on the World Cup circuit with a 14th-place finish in the large hill event in Lillehammer.[2]

In January 2022, Loutitt was named to Canada's 2022 Olympic team.[8][9][10] On 7 February, Loutitt won the bronze medal as part of Canada's entry into the mixed team competition.[11][12] This was Canada's first ever Olympic medal in ski jumping.[13][14][15] In March 2022, Loutitt would win the bronze medal at the 2022 Nordic Junior World Ski Championships in the women's normal hill event.[16]

In January 2023, Loutitt won the normal hill event at the World Cup stop in Zaō, Japan. This marked the first ever victory for a Canadian woman in the competition.[17] The next month, she also became the first Canadian woman to win a world junior title in ski jumping, taking the individual normal hill gold in front of home fans in Whistler, British Columbia.[4] In March, Loutitt became the first-ever Canadian ski jumping world champion, winning the women's large hill event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2023 in Planica, Slovenia.[3][4]

On 18 March 2023, in the first ever women's ski flying event in Vikersund, Loutitt set a new female world record with 222 metres (728 ft).[18] However, her record was surpassed the next day by Ema Klinec.[19]

Major tournament results

Winter Olympics
Year Normal hill Mixed team
2022DSQ3

FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
Year Normal hill Large hill Team Mixed team
2021q381110
20232616—

World Cup

Standings
Season Position Points
2020–21 —0
2021–22 3294
2022–23 13547

Individual wins
No. Season Date Location Hill Size
1 2022–2313 January 2023  Japan ZaōYamagata HS100NH

Individual starts
winner (1); second (2); third (3); did not compete (–); failed to qualify (q); disqualified (DQ)
Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
2020–21
– – – – – – – – – q q q –
2021–22
q 34 DQ 14 q q 37 19 24 – – 21 30 – – – – 12 11
2022–23
– – – – – 4 9 24 4 10 8 1 15 – – – – 5 10 – – 7 10 23 2 15

References
  1. "Alexandria Loutitt". skijumpingcanada.com. Ski Jumping Canada. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  2. "Alexandria Loutitt". olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  3. "Alex Loutitt becomes 1st-ever Canadian ski jumping world champion at Slovenia event". CBC Sports. The Canadian Press. 1 March 2023. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
  4. Nichols, Paula (1 March 2023). "Alexandria Loutitt makes more history, crowned Canada's first ski jumping world champion". olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
  5. Barnes, Dan (26 November 2021). "Resilient Canadian ski jumpers kick off another World Cup season on the road". Toronto Sun. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  6. Gillespie, Kerry (1 January 2022). "Is this Canada's last generation of ski jumpers? 'We need to ensure that we stay relevant'". Toronto Star. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  7. Loutitt, Alexandria (13 April 2023). "Resilient in every sense — the Phoenix flies again". cbc.ca. CBC Sports. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  8. Nichols, Paula (21 January 2022). "Four ski jumpers nominated to Team Canada for Beijing 2022". olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  9. "Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes named to his fourth Canadian Olympic ski jump team". Canadian Press. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 21 January 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  10. "Four Calgarians nominated to compete in ski jumping at Beijing 2022". skijumpingcanada.com. Ski Jumping Canada. 21 January 2022. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  11. "Canadian ski jumpers win Olympic bronze in mixed team event". cbc.ca. CBC Sports. 7 February 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  12. "Canada surprises with bronze medal in mixed team ski jump". Toronto Star. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Canadian Press. 7 February 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  13. "Canadians earn first ski jumping medal in history, winning team bronze". sportsnet.ca. Sportsnet. 7 February 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  14. D'Andrea, Aaron (7 February 2022). "Canada wins first-ever Olympic medal in ski jumping at Beijing Games". Global News. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  15. Nichols, Paula (7 February 2022). "Canada wins first ever Olympic ski jumping medal in debut of mixed team event". olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  16. "Canada's Alexandria Loutitt Writes her Name in the History Books with World Junior Bronze Medal". skijumpingcanada.com. Ski Jumping Canada. 3 March 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
  17. "Alexandria Loutitt wins Canada's 1st-ever gold in women's World Cup ski jumping". cbc.ca. CBC Sports. Canadian Press. 13 January 2023. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  18. "Ema Klinec kot prva ženska prek 200 metrov, Kanadčanka z novim rekordom!" (in Slovenian). Siol. 18 March 2023. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  19. "Popoln dan Eme Klinec: zmaga, osvojena turneja in nov svetovni rekord" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. 19 March 2023. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
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