Dustin Cook

Dustin Cook
— Alpine skier —
Dustin Cook posing with a 2015 World Ski Championships bib trophy in Valbruna, Italy.
Disciplines Super-G, Giant slalom
Club Mont Ste. Marie
Born (1989-02-11) February 11, 1989
Canada Toronto, Ontario
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
World Cup debut November 27, 2010
(age 21)
Website dustincook.ca
Olympics
Teams 0
World Championships
Teams 2 – (2013, 2015)
Medals 1 (0 gold)
World Cup
Seasons 5th – (2011–15)
Wins 1 (1 SG)
Podiums 2 (2 SG)
Overall titles 0 – (30th in 2015)
Discipline titles 0 – (5th in SG, 2015)
Medal record
Men's alpine skiing
Competitor for  Canada
World Championships
2015 Beaver Creek Super-G

Dustin Cook (born February 11, 1989) is a Canadian World Cup alpine ski racer. Born in Toronto, Ontario, he won a silver medal in the Super-G at the 2015 World Championships at Beaver Creek, USA.[1]

Cook made his first World Cup podium in March 2015, in a Super-G at Kvitfjell, Norway, and won his first race eleven days later at the World Cup finals in Méribel, France.

Career

Born in Toronto, Cook has lived in Lac-Sainte-Marie since he was ten.[2] When he was five he competed in his first ski race, and when he was twelve he made the regional high performance ski team. Cook has 23 Nor-Am Cup podiums, ranking him tied for fifth among men for most podiums in Nor-Am Cup history as of the end of the 2014/15 season.[3]

His first podium came in 2015 at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2015 when he finished 2nd in the Super G at Beaver Creek. Cook became the first Canadian man to medal in a Super G at the World Championships.[4] He also finished twelfth in Giant Slalom at the World Championships one week later. His first FIS Alpine World Cup podium came one month later when he finished 3rd in the Super G at Kvitfjell. He won his first race eleven days later at the World Cup Finals in Meribel. Cook finished the 2015 season with five top twenty World Cup finishes, in addition to his two podiums and World Championship medal. He finished the 2015 season ranked 5th in Super G, and 30th in Giant Slalom.[5]

With his World Championship medal Cook became the eighth and final member of the Canadian Cowboys.[6]

World Cup results

Season standings

Season Age Overall Slalom Giant
 slalom  		Super-G Downhill Combined
2011 22 163 — — — — 53
2012 23 — — — — — —
2013 24 126 — 44 50 — —
2014 25 — — — — — —
2015 26 30 — 30 5 — —
2016 27 injured, out for season

Race podiums

Season Date Location Discipline Place
2015 8 Mar 2015 Norway Kvitfjell, Norway Super-G 3rd
18 Mar 2015 France Méribel, France Super-G 1st

World Championships results

  Year    Age   Slalom  Giant
 slalom  		Super-G Downhill Combined
2013 23 — DNF2 — — —
2015 25 — 12 2 — —

References

  1. ↑ "Men's Super-G Official Results" (PDF). Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  2. ↑ http://alpinecanada.org/athlete/cook
  3. ↑ http://data.fis-ski.com/global-links/statistics/competitors-having-more-than-one-podium.html?place=&season=ALL&sector=AL&nbr=4&gender=M&category=NAC&positions=2&nation=&discipline=ALL&Submit=SEARCH
  4. ↑ http://olympic.ca/2015/02/05/cook-captures-world-championship-silver/
  5. ↑ http://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/athlete-biography.html?sector=AL&competitorid=104762&type=result&category=ALL&season=ALL&sort=&discipline=ALL&position=&place=&Submit=Search&limit=50
  6. ↑ http://cowboysracing.com/cowboys/

External links


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