Cassidy Gray reacts after her run.Candice Ward/COC
Candice Ward/COC

Cassidy Gray

Biography

At 21 years old, Cassidy Gray was the youngest member of the Canadian alpine skiing team at Beijing 2022. She competed in the giant slalom and the mixed team parallel event.

Gray competed at her first senior FIS World Championships in 2021 where she finished as the top Canadian woman in the giant slalom and was part of a seventh-place finish in the team event. She returned to the world championships in 2025, highlighted by a top 20 finish in the super G.

She competed at the FIS Junior World Championships in 2020 and 2022. At the latter she was sixth in the super-G and was part of Canada’s gold medal in the mixed team parallel event.

Gray made her FIS World Cup debut in January 2021 and earned her first World Cup points in just her second race when she placed 26th in the giant slalom in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia. In 2023-24, she posted five top 30 finishes, including a then-career-best 15th in giant slalom in Åre, Sweden in March. She improved on her best World Cup result in January 2026 with a 14th-place finish in the giant slalom in Špindlerův Mlýn, Czechia.

As a development racer, Gray began competing on the Nor-Am Cup circuit during the 2017-18 season. She earned her first top 10s that February in the slalom and giant slalom races at Whiteface Mountain. Later in 2018, Gray broke her ankle and foot, which kept her out of competition until February 2019. 

After her appearance at the 2020 Junior Worlds, Gray suffered another injury, breaking her fibula. She returned to competition in the fall of 2020 in a few FIS races before making her delayed World Cup debut later that season. In December 2021, Gray earned her first victories on the Nor-Am Cup circuit, winning the giant slalom and parallel slalom events in Panorama. She earned her sixth career Nor-Am Cup victory in March 2025.

Gray skied collegiately for the University of Colorado. As a freshman in 2021 she was the NCAA giant slalom champion, beating out teammate Stef Fleckenstein for top spot. Gray was named to the All-American team as well as UofC’s freshman of the year.

A Little More About Cassidy

Getting into the Sport: Started skiing at age 5 and was competing within two years… Loved the peacefulness of being up in the mountains followed by the adrenaline rush of going down the hill… Her mother Joanne used to work for Hockey Canada and when she brought home team swag that said “Canada” it made Gray want to wear her own maple leaf jacket one day… Younger sister Zoe also competes for Canada in alpine skiing… Outside Interests: Has worked as a zipline tour guide and in a kitchen but long term would like to pursue a career in physiotherapy… Studied psychology at the University of Colorado… Enjoys being outside and playing other sports, especially flag football with the family… Odds and Ends: Favourite motto: “​​Above everything, the most important is to be a good person”…

Olympic Highlights

Games Sport Event Finish
Beijing 2022Skiing - AlpineGiant Slalom - WomenDNF
Beijing 2022Skiing - AlpineParallel - Mixed Team9
Milano Cortina 2026Skiing - AlpineDownhill - Women26
Milano Cortina 2026Skiing - AlpineTeam Combined - WomenDSQ
Milano Cortina 2026Skiing - AlpineSuper-G - WomenDNF
Milano Cortina 2026Skiing - AlpineGiant Slalom - WomenDNF

Notable International Results

Olympic Winter Games: 2022 - DNF (GS), 9th (mixed team parallel)

FIS World Championships:2025 - DNF (GS), 20th (SG), 25th (DH), 19th (team combined); 2021 - 23rd (GS), 7th (Team)

FIS Junior World Championships: 2022 - GOLD (team parallel), 6th (SG), 15th (AC), 31st (SL), DNF (GS); 2020 - 20th (SG), 21st (GS), DNF (AC)