Warren Shouldice
Personal information
Born (1983-04-01) April 1, 1983
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight72.57 kg (160.0 lb; 11.428 st)
Sport
Country Canada
SportFreestyle skiing
Medal record
Men's freestyle skiing
Representing  Canada
FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships
Gold medal – first place 2011 Deer Valley Aerials
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Inawashiro Aerials

Warren Shouldice (born April 1, 1983 in Calgary) is a retired Canadian freestyle skier.[1][2] Over his career, Shouldice has earned twelve podium finishes at World Cup events. His best result came in 2011, when he won the World Championships in Deer Valley Utah.[3] Shouldice won his first World Championship medal in 2009, a bronze.

Shouldice competes in aerials, and made his World Cup debut in January 2003. His first podium came a year later, when he finished second in an event at Mont Tremblant. His first, World Cup victory came in December 2005 in Changchun.[4] Shouldice also won a memorable World Cup event in his hometown of Calgary in 2011.[5]

Shouldice competed in the 2006 Olympic Games and 2010 Olympic Games. In Torino he qualified in 3rd place, and recorded the 6th highest score on each of his two jumps in the final, en route to 6th place overall.[6] He finished 10th at the Olympics in Vancouver, after touching back on one of his jumps. Shouldice followed Olympic disappointment by winning a World Championship title the following season. He landed a perfect lay triple full full and described the victory as "I'm the only one who does that jump in the whole world, and I got a perfect score on it right here tonight. This can't be happening. This only happens in fairy tales and my dreams. It can't be for real."[7] Since retiring in 2012, Shouldice has gone on to a successful career as a real estate agent in his hometown of Calgary, AB.

World Cup Podiums[4]

Date Location Rank
January 11, 2004Mont Tremblant2nd place, silver medalist(s)
January 14, 2005Lake Placid2nd place, silver medalist(s)
December 16, 2005China1st place, gold medalist(s)
January 8, 2006Mount Gabriel1st place, gold medalist(s)
January 14, 2006Deer Valley2nd place, silver medalist(s)
February 10, 2008Cypress Mountain3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
March 7, 2008Davos2nd place, silver medalist(s)
December 20, 2008China3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
January 18, 2009Lake Placid3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
January 22, 2010Lake Placid2nd place, silver medalist(s)
December 17, 2010China2nd place, silver medalist(s)
January 28, 2011Calgary1st place, gold medalist(s)

References

  1. ↑ "Warren Shouldice Biography and Statistics". Olympics at Sportsreference.com. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved September 29, 2009.
  2. ↑ "World Champion Warren Shouldice announces retirement". Press Release. SIRC. Retrieved July 23, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Shouldice is world champion after jump of his life". Calgary Herald. Retrieved February 5, 2011.
  4. 1 2 "FIS-biography". fis-ski.com. Retrieved September 29, 2009.
  5. ↑ "Calgary's Warren Shouldice thrills hometown crowd with aerials victory". Vancouver Sun. Canada. Retrieved January 29, 2011.
  6. ↑ "Torino 2006 Official Report – Freestyle Skiing" (PDF). Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. Retrieved September 29, 2009.
  7. ↑ "Canada's 'Wookie' Shouldice flies to world aerials title". Vancouver Sun. Canada. February 5, 2011. Retrieved February 5, 2011.
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