Reece Howden

Reece Howden (born 12 July 1998) is a Canadian freestyle skier who competes internationally in the ski cross discipline. He represented Canada at the 2022 and 2026 Winter Olympics.

Career Junior At the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway, Howden won the gold medal in the ski cross event and was Canada's flagbearer during the closing ceremony.

Senior Howden won his first World Cup race in 2020, his rookie season. During the season Howden won four races and had two other podium finishes.

Howden had a fifth-place finish at the 2021 World Championships.

Howden represented Canada at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, where he finished 3rd in the quarterfinals, so did not advance to the semi-finals, and finished 9th overall.

In 2024–25 FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup season, Howden won 7 races, including both at the end of the season in Idre Fjall, Sweden, and as a result, won the Crystal Globe - most performance points for the season - for a third time. His last win was Howden's 18th world cup victory.