Candace Crawford (born March 11, 1994) is a

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alpine skier Alpine skiing, or downhill skiing, is the pastime of sliding down snow-covered slopes on skis with fixed-heel bindings, unlike other types of skiing ( cross-country, Telemark, or ski jumping), which use skis with free-heel bindings. Whether for ...

. Candace's home ski club is The Georgian Peaks Ski Club in Thornbury Ontario. Her younger brother

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is also an alpine skier. Crawford competed in the

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the first time in

slalom To slalom is to zigzag between obstacles. It may refer to: Sports ;Alpine skiing and/or snowboarding * Slalom skiing, an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline * Giant slalom, an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline * Super-G ...

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in October 2014. She earned her first World Cup points in Kühtai's slalom in December 2014 for being 25th. Crawford was part of the Canadian alpine skiing team that won the

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in the Nations Team Event at the 2015 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships in

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and Beaver Creek,

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. Crawford competed on a team with

Erin Mielzynski Erin Mielzynski (born 25 May 1990) is a Canadian former World Cup alpine ski racer. She primarily competed in technical events and specialized in slalom. Born in Brampton, Ontario, Mielzynski made her World Cup debut in November 2009 and ha ...

, Phil Brown,

Trevor Philp Trevor Philp (born May 1, 1992) is a Canadian World Cup alpine ski racer specializing in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. Philp has represented Canada at three Winter Olympics and five World Championships; born in Toronto, he re ...

and the substitutes Marie-Pier Préfontaine and

Erik Read Erik Read (born May 31, 1991) is a Canadian World Cup alpine ski racer specializing the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. Born and raised in Calgary, Alberta, he represented Canada at two Winter Olympics and five World Championshi ...

. The Canadian team was seeded only as the 10th team before the event, but managed to eliminate higher-seeded teams Germany (7), Italy (2), and Sweden (6) during the competition before only losing in the final to the favorites from Austria (1). At the end of that season, she won the 2014-15

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overall women's ranking, ahead of fellow Canadian teammate Mikaela Tommy and American Paula Moltzan. She also won the individual rankings in

and

giant slalom Giant slalom (GS) is an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline. It involves skiing between sets of poles ("gates") spaced at a greater distance from each other than in slalom but less than in Super-G. Giant slalom and slalom make up t ...

and finished second in

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Crawford, Candace 1994 births Living people Canadian female alpine skiers Alpine skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Olympic alpine skiers for Canada