Alexandria Loutitt (born 7 January 2004) is a Canadian

ski jumper Ski jumping is a winter sport in which competitors aim to achieve the farthest jump after sliding down on their skis from a specially designed curved ramp. Along with jump length, competitor's aerial style and other factors also affect the fina ...

. 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. Loutitt trains in Slovenia, as the ski jumping facility at the

Canada Olympic Park Canada Olympic Park (COP), formerly known as Paskapoo Ski Hill, is a ski hill and multi-purpose training and competition facility located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, owned and operated by WinSport. It is currently used both for high performance at ...

in Calgary was shut down.

Career

Loutitt became captivated with ski jumping while watching the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. She attended the National Sports School in

Calgary, Alberta Calgary ( ) is the largest city in the western provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Alberta and the largest metro area of the three Canadian Prairies, Prairie Provinces. As of 2021, the city proper had a population of 1,30 ...

, which allowed her to spend several months a year in

Garmisch-Partenkirchen Garmisch-Partenkirchen (; Bavarian: ''Garmasch-Partakurch''), nicknamed Ga-Pa, is an Alpine ski town in Bavaria, southern Germany. It is the seat of government of the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen (abbreviated ''GAP''), in the O ...

, Germany for training as a teenager before joining the Canadian national team. Loutitt competed in four events at the

FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2021 The 42nd FIS Nordic World Ski Championships were held from 24 February to 7 March 2021 in Oberstdorf, Germany. It was the third time Oberstdorf hosted the World Championships, the event having been hosted there previously in 1987 and 2005. Russi ...

, 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. In December 2021, Loutitt had her season's best performance on the

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circuit with a 14th-place finish in the large hill event in

Lillehammer Lillehammer () is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Lillehammer. Some of the more notable villages in the municip ...

. In January 2022, Loutitt was named to Canada's 2022 Olympic team. On 7 February, Loutitt won the bronze medal as part of Canada's entry into the mixed team competition. This was Canada's first ever Olympic medal in ski jumping. In March 2022, Loutitt would win the bronze medal at the 2022 Nordic Junior World Ski Championships in the women's normal hill event. In January 2023, Loutitt won the normal hill event at the

stop in Zaō, Japan. This marked the first ever victory for a Canadian woman in the competition. 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 Whistler ( Lillooet/Ucwalmícwts: Cwitima, ; Squamish/Sḵwx̱wú7mesh: Sḵwiḵw, ) is a resort municipality in Squamish-Lillooet Regional District, British Columbia, Canada. It is located in the southern Pacific Ranges of the Coast Moun ...

. 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 The 43rd FIS Nordic World Ski Championships will be held from 21 February to 5 March 2023 in Planica, Slovenia. It will be the first time that the country will host the World Championships. Championships Slovenia will host the Nordic World Champ ...

Planica Planica () is an Alpine valley in northwestern Slovenia, extending south from the border village of Rateče, not far from another well-known ski resort, Kranjska Gora. Further south, the valley extends into the Tamar Valley, a popular hiking ...

, Slovenia. On 18 March 2023, in the first ever women's

ski flying Ski flying is a winter sport discipline derived from ski jumping, in which much greater distances can be achieved. It is a form of competitive individual Nordic skiing where athletes descend at high speed along a specially designed takeoff ra ...

event in

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, Loutitt set a new female

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with . However, her record was surpassed the next day by

Ema Klinec Ema Klinec (born 2 July 1998) is a Slovenian ski jumper. In February 2021, she became the first Slovenian female ski jumping world champion after winning the normal hill event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2021. On 18 March 2023, Kli ...

Major tournament results

Winter Olympics

FIS Nordic World Ski Championships

World Cup

Standings

Individual wins

Individual starts

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Loutitt, Alexandria 2004 births Living people Sportspeople from Calgary Canadian female ski jumpers Olympic bronze medalists for Canada Ski jumpers at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic ski jumpers for Canada Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in ski jumping FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in ski jumping Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia 21st-century Canadian women