Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes (born 13 July 1991) 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 ...

Career

2009: World Cup debut

Mackenzie was raised in

Calgary Calgary ( ) is the largest city in the western Canadian province of Alberta and the largest metro area of the three Prairie Provinces. As of 2021, the city proper had a population of 1,306,784 and a metropolitan population of 1,481,806, makin ...

Alberta Alberta ( ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is part of Western Canada and is one of the three prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to the west, Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Ter ...

, where he trained on the ski jumps at Canada Olympic Park. He made his world cup debut in 2009 in

Vancouver Vancouver ( ) is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the List of cities in British Columbia, most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the ...

, where he took 42nd place. He performed at

FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 ( cs, Mistrovství světa v klasickém lyžování Liberec 2009) took place 18 February – 1 March 2009 in Liberec, Czech Republic. This was the fourth time these championships were hosted either in ...

Liberec Liberec (; german: Reichenberg ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 103,000 inhabitants and it is the fifth-largest city in the country. It lies on the Lusatian Neisse, in a basin surrounded by mountains. The city centre is well preser ...

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, where he finished 46th at individual large hill event.

2010: First Olympics

At his first and home

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, he finished 44th in the individual normal hill, 36th in the individual large hill and 12th place at the large hill team event. He performed at

FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2011 The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2011 took place from 23 February to 6 March 2011
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, where he finished 39th at individual large hill event.

2012: Ski flying world championships

He performed at

FIS Ski Flying World Championships 2012 The FIS Ski Flying World Championships 2012 was a World championship in ski flying, held in Vikersund, Norway, from 23 to 26 February 2012. Vikersund hosted the event previously in 1977, 1990, and 2000. Events leading up to the championships In 2 ...

Vikersund Vikersund is a town of 3,232 (in 2020) inhabitants in the municipality capital of Modum, in the county of Viken, Norway. Overview Vikersund is located 30 kilometers south of Hønefoss and 40 kilometers northwest of Drammen. The village is loca ...

, where he finished 36th at individual flying hill event. He set the Canadian

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 ...

national record at , which he jumped in

Harrachov Harrachov (; german: Harrachsdorf) is a town in Jablonec nad Nisou District in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic, close to the border with Poland. It has about 1,300 inhabitants. It is known for its ski resort. Administrative parts The town ...

in 2013 and improved in three years later.

2014: Second Olympics

His best World Cup result is 9th place at

individual event in

Bad Mitterndorf Bad Mitterndorf is a town in Salzkammergut in the Austrian state of Styria. Situated between Salzburg and Graz, it is a popular winter sports resort and also as a location for walking and cycling in the summer. Bad Mitterndorf is the site of tw ...

in January 2014, in a discipline which he likes the most. At the

2014 Winter Olympics , ''Zharkie. Zimnie. Tvoi'') , nations = 88 , events = 98 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , athletes = 2,873 , opening = 7 February 2014 , closing = 23 February 2014 , opened_by = President Vladimir Putin , cauldron = , stadium = Fisht Olympic ...

Sochi Sochi ( rus, Со́чи, p=ˈsotɕɪ, a=Ru-Сочи.ogg) is the largest resort city in Russia. The city is situated on the Sochi River, along the Black Sea in Southern Russia, with a population of 466,078 residents, up to 600,000 residents in ...

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, he finished 37th in the individual normal hill, 25th in the individual large hill and 12th place at the large hill team event.

2016: Return after break

After one season break, he returned to the world cup in the 2015/16 season. He improved his own Canadian

national record two times at which he jumped in Kulm,

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

at the training round of

FIS Ski Flying World Championships 2016 The FIS Ski Flying World Championships 2016 was held between 15 and 17 January 2016 in Tauplitz/Bad Mitterndorf, Austria for the fifth time. Kulm hosted the event previously in 1975, 1986, 1996 and 2006. The individual defending champion was Se ...

where he finished 27th place individual. He lives in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

2018 Winter Olympics

Boyd-Clowes was named to his third Olympic team on January 24, 2018.

2022 Winter Olympics

In January 2022, Boyd-Clowes was named to Canada's 2022 Olympic team. On February 7, Boyd-Clowes won the bronze medal as part of Canada's entry into the mixed team competition. This was Canada's first ever Olympic medal in the sport of ski jumping.

Major tournament results

Winter Olympics

FIS Nordic World Ski Championships

FIS Ski Flying World Championships

World Cup

Standings

Individual starts (167)

References

External links

* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Boyd-Clowes, Mackenzie 1991 births Living people Canadian male ski jumpers Olympic ski jumpers of Canada Ski jumpers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Ski jumpers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Ski jumpers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Ski jumpers at the 2022 Winter Olympics Skiers from Toronto Olympic bronze medalists for Canada Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in ski jumping Canadian expatriates in Slovenia