About Alexandria Loutitt

Date of Birth: January 7, 2022
Residence: Calgary
Twitter: @Ale_Loutitt
Instagram: alex_loutitt
FIS Biography

Background:

Alexandria Loutitt was part of a history-making moment in her Olympic debut at Beijing 2022. She and teammates Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes, Matthew Soukup and Abigail Strate won bronze in the inaugural Olympic mixed team ski jumping event. It was Canada’s first ever Olympic medal in ski jumping.

Alexandria made even more history in 2023. In January, she became the first Canadian woman to ever win a FIS Ski Jumping World Cup event. She made that breakthrough on a normal hill in Zao, Japan. In early February, she became the first Canadian woman to win a world junior championship title in ski jumping. A few weeks later, she became Canada’s first ever world champion in ski jumping when she won the women’s large hill event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Planica, Slovenia.

Later in March, Alexandria jumped 225 metres during the first ever women’s flying hill competition in Vikersund, Norway. That is an all-time Canadian record, surpassing the mark previously held by Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes. It is just one metre short of the women’s world record distance. A few days before that record jump, Alexandria earned her second career World Cup podium, placing second on a large hill in Lillehammer, Norway.

The adrenaline seeker continued to soar onto the international podium during the summer months in 2023 finishing third in the Overall Summer Grand Prix series with four bronze-medal finishes in the seven events. Her flight path to the podium continued into the 2023-24 winter season where she flew to seven World Cup medals – six of them in individual events.

Alexandria made her international debut for Canada during the 2019-20 season, starting with some FIS Cup events. That February, she made her World Cup debut in the women’s team event in Ljubno, Slovenia. Shortly thereafter, she competed at her first FIS Junior World Championships where she was the top North American woman in the normal hill event.

Like the rest of the Canadian ski jumping team, Alexandria had to adjust to not having a home training base when the ski jump facilities at Canada Olympic Park in Calgary were closed in 2018. At their new base in Slovenia, Alexandria crashed into the sideboards during a training session in October 2020, resulting in a concussion. Initially cleared for travel, her symptoms later worsened, and she was sidelined for a couple of months.

Alexandria returned to competition in January 2021, despite not having done all the training she normally would. She posted a pair of top-15 results in Continental Cup events before making her debut at the senior FIS World Championships. There she was part of a 10th place finish in the mixed team event and competed in the first ever women’s large hill event at the world championships.

Alexandria made her first appearance on the FIS Summer Grand Prix circuit in 2019. Competing in her first individual World Cup events in 2021-21, Alexandria achieved a career-best 14th place finish in the large hill event in Lillehammer in December.

Getting into the Sport:

Started ski jumping at age 9 but had been begging her parents to let her try it sooner… Was hooked from her very first jump and knew she wanted to spend the rest of her life in the sport, enthralled by the feeling of weightlessness… Has been inspired by Japanese ski jumper Sara Takahashi for paving the way for the next generation.

Outside Interests:

Enjoys cooking, alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, sketching, reading, painting… Would like to pursue a career in business, design, or architecture.

Odds and Ends:

Cites having ADHD as her “ski jumping superpower.” Favourite motto: “Just do what you do”, a phrase she and her dad came up with in 2018 to help her refocus when she was struggling… Inspired by the Canadian hockey teams, keeps a lucky loonie in her helmet that she used to pass back and forth with a friend; that friend retired so she has it permanently… Also has a dime that is a good luck symbol in her family (they always happen to find one when they need it)…wears moccasins after each even event – a nod to her indigenous heritage.

Career Highlights:
2002 – Olympic Winter Games, Beijing: 3 (mixed team), DQ (normal hill)
Finished Third Overall on 2023 Summer Grand Prix
2024 – Lillehammer, NOR: 10 (large hill), 8 (large hill)
2024 – Summer Grand Prix, Courcheval, FRA: 4 (large hill), 10 (large hill)
2024 – World Cup, Planica, SLO: 2 (normal hill)
2024 – World Cup, Vikersund, NOR: 8 (flying hill)
2024 – World Cup, Trondheim, NOR: 5 (large hill), 4 (normal hill)
2024 – World Cup, Oslo, NOR: 5 (large hill), 4 (large hill)
2024 – World Cup, Hinzenbach, AUT: 6 (normal hill), 5 (normal hill)
2024 – World Cup, Willingen, GER: 4 (large hill)
2024 – World Cup, Ljubno, SLO: 4 (normal hill), 3 (normal hill)
2024 – World Cup, Zao, JPN: 2 (super team normal hill), 3 (normal hill), 4 (large hill)
2024 – World Cup, Villach, AUT: 7 (normal hill)
2024  – World Cup, Oberstdorf, GER: 6 (large hill)
2023 – World Cup, Engelberg, SUI: 2 (large hill), 8 (large hill)
2023 – World Cup, Lillehammer, NOR:  2 (large hill), 3 (normal hill)
2023 – Summer Grand Prix, Courcheval, FRA: 3 (large hill), 3 (large hill)
2023 – Summer Grand Prix, Szczyrk, POL: 3 (large hill), 3 (large hill)
2023 – World Championships, Planica, SLO: 1 (large hill), 26 (normal hill), 6 (women’s team)
2023 – Junior World Championships, Whistler, CAN: 1 (normal hill)
2023 – World Cup, Lahti, FIN: 15 (large hill)
2023 – World Cup, Lillehammer, NOR: 2 (large hill)
2023 – World Cup, Zao, JPN: 1 (normal hill), 15 (normal hill), 4 (team)
2023 – World Cup, Oslo, NOR: 10 (large hill), 7 (large hill)
2023 – World Cup, Hinzenbach, AUT: 10 (normal hill), 5 (normal)
2023 – World Cup, Sapporo, JPN: 8 (large hill), 10 (large hill)
2022 – World Cup, Ljubno, SLO: 4 (normal hill)
2022 – World Cup, Villach, AUT: 9 (normal hill), 4 (normal hill)
2022 – World Cup, Oberhof, GER: 11 (normal hill), 12 (normal hill)
2022 – Junior World Championships, Zakopane, POL: 3 (normal hill)
2021 – World Championships, Oberstdorf, GER: 38 (large hill), 10 (mixed team), 11 (team)
2020 – Junior World Championships, Oberwiesenthal, GER: 31 (normal hill)