James "Jack" Crawford (born 3 May 1997) is a Canadian

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alpine ski racer. He specializes in

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, and also competes in

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, and combined. Crawford made his World Cup debut in January

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in a super-G at

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, Austria. He competed in the

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, and the

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and

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, where he was fourth in the combined event. At the 2023 World Championships in Courchevel, Crawford won his first gold medal in Super-G. In January 2022, Crawford was named to Canada's Olympic team; he was fourth in the

, sixth in the

, and won the bronze medal in the combined. Crawford's older sister

Candace Kandake, kadake or kentake ( Meroitic: 𐦲𐦷𐦲𐦡 ''kdke''),Kirsty Rowan"Revising the Sound Value of Meroitic D: A Phonological Approach,"''Beitrage zur Sudanforschung'' 10 (2009). often Latinised as Candace ( grc, Κανδάκη, ''Kandak� ...

is also an alpine racer; their aunt is

Judy Crawford Judy Crawford Rawley (born December 22, 1951) is a Canadians, Canadian former alpine skier, who competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan, placing fourth in Alpine skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics#Women's events, women's slalom. C ...

, who finished fourth in the

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at the

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at Sapporo.

World Cup results

Season standings

Race podiums

* 0 wins * 4 podiums (3 DH, 1 SG); 14 top tens (7 DH, 7 SG)

World Championship results

Olympic results

References

External links

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