Cassidy Gray
{{Short description|Canadian alpine skier (born 2001)}}
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|birth_place = Invermere, British Columbia, Canada
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|sport = Alpine skiing
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Cassidy Gray (born 25 January 2001) is a Canadian alpine skier.{{cite web|url=https://alpinecanada.org/team/cassidy-gray-makes-her-mark-at-her-first-world-championships-finishing-in-2|title=Cassidy Gray|website=alpinecanada.org|publisher=Alpine Canada|access-date=29 January 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://olympic.ca/team-canada/cassidy-gray/|title=Cassidy Gray|website=olympic.ca|publisher=Canadian Olympic Committee|access-date=29 January 2022}}
Career
Gray has been part of the national team since 2021.
Gray made her World Cup debut in January 2021 with a 26th-place finish in the giant slalom event at the Kranjska Gora stop.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/winter/alpine-skiing/marta-bassino-giant-slalom-sunday-slovenia-1.5876722|title=B.C.'s Cassidy Gray earns points for giant slalom effort in her World Cup debut|date=17 September 2021|website=cbc.ca|publisher=CBC Sports|access-date=29 January 2022}} At Gray's first World Championships in 2021, Gray finished in 23rd in the giant slalom event.{{cite web|url=https://alpinecanada.org/news/cassidy-gray-makes-her-mark-at-her-first-world-championships1|title=Cassidy Gray Makes Her Mark at Her First World Championships Finishing in 23rd|date=18 February 2021|website=alpinecanada.org|publisher=Alpine Canada|access-date=29 January 2021}}
Gray designed a helmet with a Shuswap artist to honour first nations people while racing.{{cite news|last=Chidley-Hill|first=John|date=19 January 2022|title=Canadian skier honours First Nations with helmet designed by Shuswap artist|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/winter/skiing/olympics-skier-first-nations-helmet-1.6320295|work=Canadian Press|location=Toronto, Ontario, Canada|access-date=29 January 2022}}
On January 21, 2022, Gray 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}}
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Category:Canadian female alpine skiers
Category:Skiing people from British Columbia
Category:Alpine skiers at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Category:Olympic alpine skiers for Canada
Category:21st-century Canadian sportswomen
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