Amelia Smart

{{Short description|Canadian alpine skier (born 1998)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}}

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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=

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Season

! Age

! Overall

! Slalom

! Giant
slalom

! Super-G

! Downhill

! Combined

2018

| 20

13459
20192113457
20202210540
20212310845rowspan=3 {{n/a}}
2022245921
2023254818

:{{small|Standings through 16 January 2023}}

=Top ten finishes=

  • 0 podiums; 3 top tens

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Season

! Date

! Location

! Discipline

! Place

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

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!   Year   !!  Age  !!  Slalom  !!  Giant 
 slalom  !! Super-G !! Downhill !! Combined

2019

| 21

| 22

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2021

| 23

| 27

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Olympic results<!-- [[File:Olympic rings.svg|50px]]-->

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!  Year   !!  Age  !!  Slalom  !!  Giant 
 slalom  !! Super-G !! Downhill !!Combined

20222427

References

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