Broderick THOMPSON

Canada

Alpine Skiing

Date of Birth: 19 Apr 1994

Age: 27

Gender: Male

Place of birth: VANCOUVER, BC

Birth Country:

Canada

Residence: WHISTLER, BC

Residence Country:

Canada

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank
Alpine Skiing	Men's Downhill	DNF
	Men's Super-G	DNF
	Men's Alpine Combined	8

Schedule

Location	Event	Status
Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Centre - Speed	Men's Downhill 1st Training	Finished
Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Centre - Speed	Men's Downhill 2nd Training	Finished
Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Centre - Speed	Men's Downhill 3rd Training	Cancelled
Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Centre - Speed	Men's Downhill	Finished
Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Centre - Speed	Men's Super-G	Finished
Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Centre - Speed	Men's Alpine Combined Downhill 1st Training	Finished
Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Centre - Speed	Men's Alpine Combined Downhill	Finished
Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Centre - Technical	Men's Alpine Combined Slalom	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Historical Results

Olympic Games
Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
23	Men's Alpine Combined	2018	PyeongChang, KOR	00:02:11.380
23	Men's Super G	2018	PyeongChang, KOR	00:01:26.450
35	Men's Downhill	2018	PyeongChang, KOR	00:01:44.370

World Championship
Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
11	Alpine combined Men	2021	Cortina d'Ampezzo, ITA	2:10.10
29	Downhill Men	2021	Cortina d'Ampezzo, ITA	1:41.96

World Cup Rankings
Season	All	Downhill	Super G	Alpine Combined
2021/2022	74	47	20
2020/2021	141		51
2017/2018	76	45		10
2015/2016	146			42
2014/2015	151			42

World Cup - Best Achievements
Season	Downhill	Super G	Alpine combined
2021/2022	1 x 27th	1 x 3rd
2020/2021	1 x 32nd	1 x 24th
2017/2018	2 x 23rd	1 x 34th	1 x 8th
2016/2017	1 x 40th	1 x 46th
2015/2016	1 x 47th	1 x 56th	1 x 27th
2014/2015	1 x 56th	1 x 54th	1 x 30th

Ten Best World Cup Performances in Current Season
Rank	Event	Season	Location	Result
3	Super G	2021/2022	Beaver Creek, USA	1:09.56
20	Super G	2021/2022	Beaver Creek, USA	1:12.20
27	Downhill	2021/2022	Bormio, ITA	1:57.37
31	Super G	2021/2022	Wengen, SUI	1:31.06
31	Downhill	2021/2022	Kitzbuehel, AUT	1:58.37
33	Downhill	2021/2022	Wengen, SUI	1:44.64
35	Super G	2021/2022	Lake Louise, CAN
36	Super G	2021/2022	Val Gardena-Groeden, ITA	1:27.87
39	Downhill	2021/2022	Wengen, SUI	2:30.57
39	Downhill	2021/2022	Kitzbuehel, AUT	2:00.29

Hobbies:

Fly fishing, ukulele, wood carving, baseball, cycling, figure skating. (Athlete, 30 Jun 2021; alpinecanada.org)

Occupation:

Athlete

Education:

Whistler Secondary School. (Athlete, 30 Jun 2021)

Family:

Father, Rod. Mother, Pam. Sisters, Marielle and Tess.

Languages spoken:

English

Club name:

Whistler Mountain Ski Club

Coach:

National: John Kucera (CAN)

Sporting relatives:

Sister Marielle Thompson (Freestyle skiing): Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games freestyle ski cross gold medallist, and two-time World Championship medallist (2019 gold, 2013 silver).

Sister Tess Thompson (Alpine skiing): Skied competitively until age 13.

Debut:

2009 FIS event in Nakiska (Giant slalom - 24th)
2014 World Cup in Lake Louise (Downhill - DSQ)

Injuries:

November 2018: Dislocated left knee, torn ligaments, and torn patella tendon when he crashed in training at Nakiska Ski Resort, west of Calgary, AB. Did not return to on-snow training for nearly two years, coming back to ski racing in the 2020/21 season. (snowindustrynews.com, 14 Sep 2020)

24 February 2017: Tore his lateral collateral ligament, and sprained both media collateral ligaments when he crashed in the World Cup downhill in Kvitfjell. Avoided needing surgery, instead undergoing intense physical therapy. Returned to start the 2017/18 season and posted his career-best result in December 2017 finishing eighth in the Alpine combined in Bormio, his first time breaking into the World Cup top-10. (olympic.ca)

Has broken his arm four times. (olympic.ca)

National team:

2014

Start:

His parents put him on skis at age one. (Athlete, 30 Jun 2021)

Reason:

Loves the speed, big air, and exhilarating freedom. (Athlete, 30 Jun 2021)

Ambition:

"My big goals have always been to stand on an Olympic podium as well as win in Wengen and Kitzbuehel on the World Cup." (Athlete, 30 Jun 2021)

Training:

"Get the most out of every training session. I use the mountains to train. It is great to have a young team and feed off of each other." (Athlete, 30 Jun 2021)

Hero:

Alpine skier Bode Miller (USA): Six-time Olympic and five-time World Championship medallist. "Bode Miller’s dominance in ski racing when I was young was something I always idolized." (Athlete, 30 Jun 2021)

Influence:

"My community, family and older athletes like Manny Osborne Paradis, Mike Janyk, Robbie Dixon, as well as the rest of the Canadian Cowboys were very motivating." (Athlete, 30 Jun 2021)

Ritual:

"Yes, but when it comes down to it ... no." (Athlete, 30 Jun 2021)

Philosophy:

"I’m a big sports guy. I love the environment to compete in anything and believe in fairness and that you get what you put in." (Athlete, 30 Jun 2021)

Award:

Ski Canada Magazine Bursary (scholarship) from BC Alpine (2008). (bcalpine.com, 12 May 2008)

General Interest

SKIING FAMILY
Along with this Olympic champion sister Marielle, and younger sister Tess, his parents Rod and Pam are both former ski instructors who now ski “just for fun”. Rod retired from Whistler Secondary School, where he oversaw a program that allowed student-athletes to maintain their rigorous training schedules, and he’s volunteered at the Nakiska start gate. (skicanada.org)

WHISTLER MOUNTAIN SKI CLUB
Is part of a large number of athletes who grew up racing in the Whistler Mountain Ski Club presently forming the nucleus of the Canadian Alpine ski team. (fis-ski.com, 9 Jun 2021)

Milestones

Had a very good Olympic Winter Games debut as one of the youngest men on the Canadian team at PyeongChang 2018 with best finishes of 23rd in super-G and Alpine combined (top Canadian), and 35th in downhill.

Finished 11th in the Alpine combined at his first World Championships in 2021, his best result since a near two-year return to the World Cup after a serious leg injury. Was one place behind Canadian teammate Trevor Philp in 10th, and with James Crawford in fourth, that made for three Canadians in the top-11.

His best results in three Junior World Championships appearances (2013-15) are three top-20 finishes in 2015 at Hafjell, with a top rank of 11th in the Alpine combined.

Reached his first World Cup podium in Beaver Creek, Colorado in December 2021 after flying from 35th to third in the super-G. It was Canada’s first top-three finish in a men’s speed race since 2017.

Has a downhill medal of every colour at the National Championships (2016 gold and silver, 2020 bronze).

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Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
DNF:: Did Not Finish

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