Canada's Alexandria Loutitt soars through the air during a World Cup event on Dec. 22 in Engelberg, Switzerland. Loutitt enters a key part of her season with back-to-back large hill World Cups on Tuesday and Wednesday in Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Oberstdorf, Germany.
The words "why not me" are tattooed on the back of Alexandria Loutitt's hand between her thumb and wrist. That motto has served her well. The 2026 Olympic Games in Milan-Cortina, Italy, are on the horizon for Canada's first world champion in ski jumping.Canada's Alexandria Loutitt soars through the air during a World Cup event on Dec. 22 in Engelberg, Switzerland.
Loutitt was the first Canadian woman to win a World Cup gold medal in January 2023. The next month opened with a world junior women's championship gold medal in Whistler, B.C., and closed with a world title in Planica, Slovenia.Calgary's Alexandria Loutitt claimed the gold medal at the world championships in Planica, Slovenia on Wednesday, winning the HS138 ski jumping title.
"Some of my best results and biggest achievements have come after some of my worst results," she said. "I tend to thrive in a moment where I've been knocked down."Alex Loutitt becomes 1st-ever Canadian ski jumping world champion at Slovenia event "My father had a really hard life, but chose to step past those things and live exceptionally," said Alex's father Sandy Loutitt Jr. "He sort of swung with both hands on the bat and lived big.
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