Amelia Smart
{{Short description|Canadian alpine skier (born 1998)}}
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| birth_place = North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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| sport = Alpine skiing
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Amelia Smart (born 8 January 1998) is a Canadian World Cup alpine ski racer.{{cite web|url=https://alpinecanada.org/team/amelia-smart|title=Amelia Smart|website=alpinecanada.org|publisher=Alpine Canada|access-date=29 January 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://olympic.ca/team-canada/amelia-smart/|title=Amelia Smart|website=olympic.ca|publisher=Canadian Olympic Committee|access-date=29 January 2022}}
Career
=Junior=
Smart was part of Canada's team at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics, where she competed in four events. Smart's best placement was an 8th-place finish in the combined event.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/youtholympics/team-canada-winter-youth-olympics-1.3429532|title=Canada sending 54 athletes to Winter Youth Olympics|date=1 February 2016|website=cbc.ca|publisher=CBC Sports|access-date=30 January 2022}}
At the World Junior Alpine Skiing Championships 2019 in Italy, Smart had a career best 7th-place finish in the slalom event.{{cite web|date=20 February 2019|url=https://alpinecanada.org/news/amelia-smart-leads-canada-with-7th-place-finish-in-ladies-slalom|title=Amelia Smart Leads Canada With 7th-place Finish in Ladies’ Slalom|website=alpinecanada.org|publisher=Alpine Canada|access-date=30 January 2021}}
=Senior=
At Smart's first World Championships in 2021, Smart finished in 27th in the slalom event.{{cite news|last=Willemsen|first=Eric|date=20 February 2021|title=Shiffrin denied record 5th straight slalom world title by Katharina Liensberger|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/winter/alpine-skiing/shiffrin-record-bid-slalom-liensberger-skiing-worlds-1.5921640|work=Associated Press|location=New York City, New York, U.S|access-date=29 January 2022}} In June 2021, Smart was named to Canada's national team for the 2021–22 season.{{cite web|url=https://skiracing.com/alpine-canada-announces-2021-22-national-team/|title=Alpine Canada announces 2021-22 national team|date=7 June 2021|website=skiracing.com|publisher=Ski Racing Media|access-date=30 January 2022}}
On January 21, 2022, Smart was named to Canada's 2022 Olympic team.{{cite web|url=https://olympic.ca/2022/01/21/13-alpine-skiers-and-eight-ski-cross-racers-nominated-to-team-canada-for-beijing-2022/|title=13 alpine skiers and eight ski cross racers nominated to Team Canada for Beijing 2022|last=Nichols|first=Paula|date=21 January 2022|website=olympic.ca|publisher=Canadian Olympic Committee|access-date=21 January 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://alpinecanada.org/news/21-alpine-skiing-and-ski-cross-athletes-nominated-to-compete-beijing-2022|title=21 Alpine Skiing and Ski Cross Athletes Nominated to Compete at Beijing 2022
|date=21 January 2022|website=alpinecanada.org|publisher=Alpine Canada|access-date=21 January 2022}}{{cite news|last=Spyker|first=Josiah|date=28 January 2022|title=Three Invermere skiers competing in Olympics|url=https://www.myeastkootenaynow.com/21751/three-invermere-skiers-competing-in-olympics/|work=My East Kootenay Now|location=Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada|access-date=30 January 2022}}
World Cup results
=Season standings=
=Top ten finishes=
- 0 podiums; 3 top tens
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Season
! Date ! Location ! Discipline ! Place |
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rowspan="2"| 2022
| align="right"|11 Jan 2022 | align=left|{{flagicon|AUT}} Schladming, Austria | Slalom | 9th |
align="right"|19 Mar 2022
| align=left|{{flagicon|FRA}} Méribel, France | Slalom | 9th |
rowspan="1"|2023
| align="right"|4 Jan 2023 | align=left|{{flagicon|CRO}} Zagreb, Croatia | Slalom | 8th |
World Championship results
Olympic results<!-- [[File:Olympic rings.svg|50px]]-->
References
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External links
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- {{Ski-DB}}
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Category:Canadian female alpine skiers
Category:Skiing people from British Columbia
Category:Alpine skiers at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics
Category:Alpine skiers at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Category:Olympic alpine skiers for Canada
Category:Sportspeople from North Vancouver
Category:21st-century Canadian sportswomen
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