Tom Stephen
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| Nationality |  Canada | ||||||||
| Born | March 30, 2002 | ||||||||
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| Sport | Skiing | ||||||||
Medal record
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| Updated on December 23, 2025 | |||||||||
Thomas Stephen (born March 30, 2002) is a Canadian cross-country skier.[1] Stephen became the first Canadian male to ever win a gold medal at the Nordic Junior World Ski Championships.
Career
[edit]Stephen competed at the 2020 Nordic Junior World Ski Championships in Germany, and was part of the silver medal-winning junior men's relay in the junior division.[2] The following year at the 2021 Nordic Junior World Ski Championships, Stephen finished 12th in the sprint event and fifth in the mass start.[3][4][5]
At the 2025 Canadian Olympic trials in Vernon, British Columbia, Stephen won the 10 km classical event, clinching his spot on Canada's 2026 Olympic team.[6][7] The race was Stephen's first of the season and he had only returned to the snow ten days before the race after nursing a back injury.[1]
On December 19, 2025, Stephen was officially named to Canada's 2026 Olympic team.[8][9]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Tom Stephen". olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee (COC). Retrieved 20 December 2025.
- ↑ "Junior Canucks Win Historic Silver Medal in Relay at Nordic World Ski Championships in Germany". crosscountrybc.ca. Cross Country BC. Retrieved 18 December 2025.
- ↑ "Calgary's Stephen has solid ski day at world juniors". Calgary Sun. Calgary, Alberta, Canada: Post Media. 9 February 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2025.
- ↑ "Calgary's Tom Stephen Fights for Fifth in Nordic World Junior Ski Championship Finale". crosscountrybc.ca. Cross Country BC. Retrieved 23 December 2025.
- ↑ "Calgary's Tom Stephen skies to fifth in mass start world junior race". Calgary Sun. Calgary, Alberta, Canada: Post Media. 14 February 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2025.
- ↑ "Sonjaa Schmidt and Tom Stephen win day one of the 2026 Olympic Winter Games Trials". nordiqcanada.ca. Nordiq Canada. 14 December 2025. Retrieved 20 December 2025.
- ↑ Campbell, Glenn (19 December 2025). "Calgarian Tom Stephen secures spot on Canada's Olympic cross-country team". CTV News. Retrieved 23 December 2025.
- ↑ Nichols, Paula (19 December 2025). "11 cross-country skiers nominated to Team Canada for Milano Cortina 2026". olympic.ca. Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 19 December 2025.
- ↑ "Team Canada unveils Olympic cross-country skiing team". sportsnet.ca. Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Sportsnet. 19 December 2025. Retrieved 19 December 2025.
