Erik Read (born May 31, 1991) is a Canadian World Cup alpine ski racer specializing the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. Born and raised in Calgary, Alberta, he represented Canada at two Winter Olympics and five World Championships.
Career At his first World Championships in 2015 at Beaver Creek, USA, Read finished in the top thirty in giant slalom and slalom. He was also in the Nations Team Event (NTE), in which Canada won the silver medal. He competed in slalom and giant slalom at the 2018 Winter Olympics.
Read is a two-time Canadian champion in slalom (2013 and 2014) and won the overall title in the North American Cup (Nor-Am Cup) in 2012.
He graduated from the University of Denver and competed for the Pioneers in alpine skiing.
Read's parents are famous Canadian ski racers Ken and Lynda (Robbins) Read; his father was one of the Crazy Canucks downhill racers of the late 1970s and early 1980s. Younger brother Jeffrey (b.1997) is also a World Cup alpine racer specializing in speed events.
In January 2022, Read was named to Canada's Olympic team.
World Cup results Season standings Season Age Overall Slalom Giantslalom Super-G Downhill Combined Parallel 2015 23 140 52 — — — — rowspan=5 2016 24142 52———— 2017 2543 2928——14 2018 2673 3230——— 2019 2783 4528——— 2020 2856 3523———28 202129 48 36 20 — — rowspan=6 12 2022303327 16——7 202331492921——rowspan=4 202432924335—— 2025331184947—— 202634121—38——
Top ten finishes
0 podiums 8 top tens – (5 GS, 1 SL, 1 AC, 1 PG) Season Date Location Discipline Place2017 4 Dec 2016 Val-d'Isère, France Giant slalom 9th10 Dec 2016 Giant slalom 8th29 Dec 2016 Santa Caterina, Italy Combined 6th22 Jan 2017 Kitzbühel, Austria Slalom 7th2020 27 Oct 2019 Sölden, Austria Giant slalom 7th2021 5 Dec 2020 Santa Caterina, Italy Giant slalom 10th7 Dec 2020 Giant slalom 10th2022 14 Nov 2021 Lech/Zürs, Austria Parallel-G 7th
World Championship results YearAgeSlalomGiantslalomSuper-GDownhillCombinedTeamcombinedParallelTeam event 2015 23 24 28 — — — rowspan=5rowspan=32 2017 25 DNF1 23 — — — 5 2019 27 DNF1 DNF1 — — — 9 2021 29 DNF2 DNF1 — — — BDNF 7 2023 31 31 DNF2 — — — DNQ 3 2025 33 24 22 — — 17 —
Olympic results Year Age Slalom Giantslalom Super-G Downhill Combined Team event 2018 26 29 11 — — —9 2022 30 24 13 — — —9
References
External links
Erik Read at Fischer Sports Erik Read at University of Denver Athletics Erik Read at Alpine Canada (archived)