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Reece Howden
	Howden at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics
Personal information
Born	12 July 1998 (age 28); Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
Sport
Country	Canada
Sport	Freestyle skiing
Event	Ski cross
Medal record
Men's freestyle skiing
Representing Canada
World Championships
Winter Youth Olympics

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.

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]

References

1 2 "Reece Howden". alpinecanada.org. Alpine Canada. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
1 2 "Reece Howden". olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
↑ Barrett, Jessica (21 February 2016). "Howden to lead Team Canada into Youth Olympic Games Closing Ceremony". olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
1 2 "Canada's Reece Howden wins ski cross crystal globe in rookie season". Canadian Press. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 21 March 2021. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
↑ "Canada's Reece Howden wins World Cup ski cross gold in Russia". cbc.ca. CBC Sports. 13 March 2021. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
↑ "A Pair of Fifths and Career Bests at World Ski Cross Championships for Hoffos and Howden". alpinecanada.org. Alpine Canada. 13 February 2021. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
↑ Nichols, Paula (24 January 2022). "Team Canada adds 24 freestyle skiers to the roster for Beijing 2022". olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
↑ Ewing, Lori (24 January 2022). "Moguls star Kingsbury leads Canada's Beijing Olympic freestyle team". Canadian Press. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
↑ 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. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
↑ Paula Nichols, Audrey Lacroix. "Team Canada's top moments from the 2022-23 winter season: snow sports". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
↑ McGoldrick, Hayley. "Reece Howden wins Crystal Globe in ski cross". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
1 2 Alpine Canada. "Howden tops podium and claims Crystal Globe". SIRC. Retrieved 31 March 2025.

External links

Reece Howden at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
Reece Howden at Alpine Canada
Reece Howden at Team Canada
Reece Howden at Milano Cortina 2026
Reece Howden at Olympics.com
Reece Howden at Olympedia
Reece Howden at InterSportStats
Reece Howden on Instagram

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[bio-1] 1 2 "Reece Howden". alpinecanada.org. Alpine Canada. Retrieved 29 January 2021.

[coc-2] 1 2 "Reece Howden". olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 29 January 2022.

[3] Barrett, Jessica (21 February 2016). "Howden to lead Team Canada into Youth Olympic Games Closing Ceremony". olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 31 March 2025.

[ts-4] 1 2 "Canada's Reece Howden wins ski cross crystal globe in rookie season". Canadian Press. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 21 March 2021. Retrieved 29 January 2022.

[5] "Canada's Reece Howden wins World Cup ski cross gold in Russia". cbc.ca. CBC Sports. 13 March 2021. Retrieved 29 January 2022.

[6] "A Pair of Fifths and Career Bests at World Ski Cross Championships for Hoffos and Howden". alpinecanada.org. Alpine Canada. 13 February 2021. Retrieved 29 January 2021.

[7] Nichols, Paula (24 January 2022). "Team Canada adds 24 freestyle skiers to the roster for Beijing 2022". olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 24 January 2022.

[8] Ewing, Lori (24 January 2022). "Moguls star Kingsbury leads Canada's Beijing Olympic freestyle team". Canadian Press. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Retrieved 24 January 2022.

[9] 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. Retrieved 29 January 2022.

[10] Paula Nichols, Audrey Lacroix. "Team Canada's top moments from the 2022-23 winter season: snow sports". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 31 March 2025.

[11] McGoldrick, Hayley. "Reece Howden wins Crystal Globe in ski cross". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 31 March 2025.

[march2025-12] 1 2 Alpine Canada. "Howden tops podium and claims Crystal Globe". SIRC. Retrieved 31 March 2025.

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