James Woods (freestyle skier)

James Woods
Personal information
Nickname(s) Woodsy[1][2][3][4]
Born (1992-01-19) 19 January 1992[5]
Sheffield[5][6]
Residence Sheffield[5][7]
Alma mater Tapton School[1]
Height 170 cm (5 ft 7 in)[5]
Sport
Country  United Kingdom
Medal record
Men's Freestyle skiing
Representing  United Kingdom
FIS World Cup - New Zealand Winter Games
2015 Cardrona Slopestyle
New Zealand Freeski Open
2015 Slopestyle
AFP World Championships
2015 Whistler, BC Big Air
Dumont Cup
2015 Sunday River Slopestyle
New Zealand Freeski Open
2014 Slopestyle
One Hit Wonder
2014 Thredbo Big Air
FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships
2013 Voss Slopestyle
Winter X Games
2013 Aspen Slopestyle[8]
New Zealand Winter Games
2013 Cardrona Slopestyle
New Zealand Freeski Open
2013 Slopestyle
FIS World Cup
2013 Copper Slopestyle
FIS World Cup - End of the World Challenge
2012 Ushuaia Slopestyle
Winter X Games
2011 Tignes Slopestyle[9]

James Woods (born 19 January 1992) is a British freestyle skier. He won a silver medal at the 2013 FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships.[10]

Woods learned to ski at the Sheffield Ski Village near his family home.[1][4][9] He won five consecutive British national championships in slopestyle between 2007 and 2011 in Laax.[9] He took a bronze medal at the 2011 Winter X Games Europe, and that year he scored a third place at the King of style competition in Stockholm[9] and also placed eighth on his debut at the FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships.[11] In April 2012 he finished second in the slopestyle event at the World Skiing Invitational & AFP World Championships at Whistler Blackcomb.[12] Woods won the FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup for slopestyle in the 2012–13 season,[4][7] winning two rounds along the way.[3]

He travelled to Sochi in January 2014 for the 2014 Winter Olympics. However, he suffered server a hip injury during a training session. In the only statements given regarding this injury, he was said to be "progressing well" and the physios' goals were to "get Woods 100%". He competed in the Men's Ski Slopestyle competition on Thursday 13 February,[13] however failed to get a medal with the very apparent performance damaging hip injury, but managed to finish fifth.[14]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Slater, James. "James Woods' rise to Success". Tapton School. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
  2. ↑ Bedi, Gagandeep (12 November 2013). "Spotlight On: British Ski star James 'Woodsy' Woods". UK Sport. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
  3. 1 2 Magnay, Jacqueline (17 January 2013). "Top British medal hope James Woods looking for glory in new Winter Olympic sport – 'Slopestyle'". telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
  4. 1 2 3 "Freestyle Skiing – Halfpipe & Slopestyle – Athletes: James Woods". Fédération Internationale de Ski. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "James Woods – Team GB Athlete Profile". Team GB. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
  6. ↑ "James Woods is On The Spot: 'Getting stuck in tree saved me going off a cliff'". metro.co.uk. 18 October 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
  7. 1 2 Butler, Jeremy (30 October 2013). "Sochi 2014: James Woods says it's weird being classed an athlete". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
  8. ↑ "Winter X Games @ Aspen Mountain on 1/24/2013". afpworldtour.com. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
  9. 1 2 3 4 Williams, Shay (February 2012). "James Woods Profile: From British dry slopes to the big leagues". Freeskier Magazine. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
  10. ↑ "Canada's Kaya Turski wins slopestyle gold". CBC Sports. 9 March 2013. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
  11. ↑ Thompson, Anna (4 February 2011). "James Woods impresses in ski slopestyle at World Champs". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
  12. ↑ "World Skiing Invitational & AFP World Championships: 4/18/2012 – 4/22/12 at Whistler / Blackcomb". afpworldtour.com. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
  13. ↑ "Sochi 2014: James Woods 'not 100%' for slopestyle after crash". Sport Winter Olympics. BBC. 12 February 2013. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
  14. ↑ "Sochi 2014: James Woods misses out on slopestyle medal for Britain". Sport Winter Olympics. BBC. 13 February 2014. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
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