Canadian Olympic bronze medalist Alexandria Loutitt of Calgary, Alberta made Canadian ski jumping history on Friday by becoming the first Canadian woman and third Canadian overall to win the gold medal in a World Cup ski jumping competition. Loutitt, who won the bronze medal in the mixed team ski jumping competition at the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing, won the gold medal in a women’s normal hill event in Zao, Japan.
Loutitt had 240.3 total points. She posted a score of 125.2 points with her first jump and 115.1 points with her second jump. Eva Pinkelnig of Austria won the silver medal with a score of 231.8 points. Chiara Kreuzer of Austria won the bronze medal with a score of 228.6 points. Loutitt reached the podium by 15.9 points over Selina Freitag of Germany, who finished in fourth place with 224.4 points.
This was Loutitt’s first ever World Cup medal. The two other Canadians to win a World Cup ski jumping event were Horst Bulau of Ottawa, Ontario (won 13 times), and Steve Collins of Thunder Bay, Ontario, who won a gold medal in Lahti, Finland on March 9, 1980.
In the World Cup women’s ski jumping standings, Loutitt is in 12th place with 294 points. Pinkelnig leads with 916 points. The gold medal for Loutitt will give her confidence as she prepares for the 2026 Olympic Winter Games in Milan/Cortina d’Ampezzo.
