Broderick Thompson (alpine skier)

Broderick Thompson
Personal information
NationalityCanadian
Born (1994-04-19) 19 April 1994 (age 31)
Height184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight89 kg (196 lb)
Sport
Country Canada
SportAlpine skiing
ClubWhistler Mountain Ski Club[1]

Broderick Thompson (born 19 April 1994 in North Vancouver) is a Canadian World Cup alpine ski racer. During the 2014–15 season, he was the Nor-Am Cup champion in super-G and scored his first World Cup point, finishing thirtieth in a combined event at Wengen.[1]

Thompson competed in the 2018 Winter Olympics,[2] and the 2021 World Championships. He is the brother of ski cross racer Marielle Thompson (b.1992).[1]

Thompson scored his first World Cup podium on 2 December 2021, finishing 3rd. Thompson started the Beaver Creek, Colorado super-g with bib 35 and put down a time just under a second back from race winner Marco Odermatt from Switzerland.[citation needed]

In January 2022, Thompson was named to Canada's 2022 Olympic team.[3][4]

World Cup results

Season standings

Season Age Overall Slalom Giant
Slalom
Super G Downhill Combined
2015 20 151 42
2016 21 146 42
2017 22
2018 23 76 45 10
2019 24 injured, did not compete
2020 25
2021 26 141 51 N/a
2022 27 74 20 55
2023 28 74 48 33
Standings through 20 January 2023

Top twenty finishes

  • 0 wins
  • 1 podium (1 SG), 8 top twenties
Season Date Location Discipline Place
2018 29 Dec 2017 Italy Bormio, Italy Combined 8th
12 Jan 2018  Switzerland  Wengen, Switzerland Combined 17th
2022 2 Dec 2021 United States Beaver Creek, USA Super-G 3rd
3 Dec 2021 Super-G 20th
6 Mar 2022 Norway Kvitfjell, Norway Super-G 15th
17 Mar 2022 France Courchevel, France Super-G 18th
2023 17 Dec 2022 Italy Val Gardena, Italy Downhill 16th
20 Jan 2023 Austria Kitzbühel, Austria Downhill 9th

World Championship results

  Year    Age   Slalom   Giant 
 slalom 
Super-G Downhill Combined Team
event
2021 26 DNF 29 11

Olympic results

  Year    Age   Slalom   Giant 
 slalom 
Super-G Downhill Combined Team
event
2018 23 25 35 23
2022 27 DNF DNF 8

References

  1. ^ a b c "Broderick Thompson". Alpine Canada Alpin. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Athlete Profile: Broderick THOMPSON - Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Winter Games". www.pyeongchang2018.com. Archived from the original on 20 April 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  3. ^ Nichols, Paula (21 January 2022). "13 alpine skiers and eight ski cross racers nominated to Team Canada for Beijing 2022". www.olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  4. ^ "21 Alpine Skiing and Ski Cross Athletes Nominated to Compete at Beijing 2022". www.alpinecanada.org/. Alpine Canada. 21 January 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2022.