Canada’s alpine ski squad is spearheaded by world champions Jack Crawford, Laurence St-Germain, and Marielle Thompson as they prepare for the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympic Games.
Alpine Canada has unveiled the roster of 20 athletes set to compete in various events, including downhill, super-G, giant slalom, slalom, team alpine combined, and ski cross.
The 2026 Winter Olympics will officially commence on February 6, with the men’s downhill race scheduled for the following day on the Stelvio slope in Bormio.
Jack Crawford from Toronto secured a super-G world championship, while Laurence St-Germain, hailing from Saint-Ferréol-les-Neiges, Quebec, won a women’s slalom world title in 2023.
Ski cross athletes Marielle Thompson from Whistler, British Columbia, and Brittany Phelan from Mont-Tremblant, Quebec, will both compete in their fourth Olympic Games.
Thompson, who earned Olympic gold in 2014 and silver in 2022, also won a world championship in 2019. She has been rehabilitating from a knee injury and surgery she underwent last season.
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Jack Crawford skis to 2022 Olympic alpine combined bronze
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Thompson captures 2022 ski-cross silver in Beijing
Brittany Phelan won an Olympic silver medal in 2018.
Although ski cross is categorized under freestyle skiing globally, Alpine Canada manages the discipline domestically as a speed event.
7 women’s alpine skiers join St-Germain
Completing the men’s alpine ski team are Cam Alexander from North Vancouver, British Columbia, Jeffrey Read from Canmore, Alberta, and brothers Brodie and Riley Seger, also from North Vancouver.
Joining St-Germain on the women’s side are Kiara Alexander from Cochrane, Alberta, Cassidy Gray and Amelia Smart from Invermere, British Columbia, Valerie Grenier from St-Isodore, Ontario, Justine Lamontagne from St. Ferreol-les-Neiges, Britt Richardson from Canmore, Alberta, and Ali Nullmeyer from Toronto.
Siblings Jared and Hannah Schmidt from Ottawa will compete in ski cross.
The men’s ski cross team includes Reece Howden from Chilliwack, British Columbia, who topped the World Cup standings in 2021, 2023, and 2025, along with Toronto’s Kevin Drury and Gavin Rowell from Prince George, British Columbia.
Canada has secured a total of 12 Olympic medals in alpine skiing, alongside seven in ski cross.
Alpine skiing has been a part of the Olympic program since 1936. Notably, a Canadian woman has medaled in every ski cross event since the sport’s Olympic debut in 2010 in Vancouver and Whistler, British Columbia.
Men’s alpine skiing events will take place from February 7 to 16 in Bormio, with women’s events set for February 8 to 18 in Cortina. Ski cross competitions are scheduled for February 20 and 21 in Livigno.