James Woods (freestyle skier)
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| Nickname | Woodsy[1][2][3][4] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 January 1992[5] Sheffield[5][6] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Tapton School[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in)[5] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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James Woods (born 19 January 1992) is a British freestyle skier. He won a silver medal at the 2013 FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships.[10]
Woods learned to ski at the Sheffield Ski Village near his family home.[1][4][8] He won five consecutive British national championships in slopestyle between 2007 and 2011 in Laax.[8] He took a bronze medal at the 2011 Winter X Games Europe, and that year he scored a third place at the King of style competition in Stockholm[8] and also placed eighth on his debut at the FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships.[11] In April 2012 he finished second in the slopestyle event at the World Skiing Invitational & AFP World Championships at Whistler Blackcomb.[12] Woods won the FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup for slopestyle in the 2012–13 season,[4][9] winning two rounds along the way.[3]
He travelled to Sochi in January 2014 for the 2014 Winter Olympics. However, he suffered server a hip injury during a training session. In the only statements given regarding this injury, he was said to be "progressing well" and the physios' goals were to "get Woods 100%". He competed in the Men's Ski Slopestyle competition on Thursday 13 February,[13] however failed to get a medal with the very apparent performance damaging hip injury, but managed to finish fifth.[14]
References
- ^ a b c Slater, James. "James Woods' rise to Success". Tapton School. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
- ^ Bedi, Gagandeep (12 November 2013). "Spotlight On: British Ski star James 'Woodsy' Woods". UK Sport. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
- ^ a b Magnay, Jacqueline (17 January 2013). "Top British medal hope James Woods looking for glory in new Winter Olympic sport – 'Slopestyle'". telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
- ^ a b c "Freestyle Skiing – Halfpipe & Slopestyle – Athletes: James Woods". Fédération Internationale de Ski. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
- ^ a b c d "James Woods – Team GB Athlete Profile". Team GB. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
- ^ "James Woods is On The Spot: 'Getting stuck in tree saved me going off a cliff'". metro.co.uk. 18 October 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
- ^ "Winter X Games @ Aspen Mountain on 1/24/2013". afpworldtour.com. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
- ^ a b c d Williams, Shay (February 2012). "James Woods Profile: From British dry slopes to the big leagues". Freeskier Magazine. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
- ^ a b Butler, Jeremy (30 October 2013). "Sochi 2014: James Woods says it's weird being classed an athlete". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
- ^ "Canada's Kaya Turski wins slopestyle gold". CBC Sports. 9 March 2013. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Thompson, Anna (4 February 2011). "James Woods impresses in ski slopestyle at World Champs". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
- ^ "World Skiing Invitational & AFP World Championships: 4/18/2012 – 4/22/12 at Whistler / Blackcomb". afpworldtour.com. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
- ^ "Sochi 2014: James Woods 'not 100%' for slopestyle after crash". Sport Winter Olympics. BBC. 12 February 2013. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
- ^ "Sochi 2014: James Woods misses out on slopestyle medal for Britain". Sport Winter Olympics. BBC. 13 February 2014. Retrieved 13 February 2014.