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Legacy of Impact
from Journey: The Success Issue
by canfund
CAN Fund has a strong legacy of impact having supported every single ski jumper to compete for Canada at the Games since 2006.
Ski Jumping is one of only two winter sports in Canada (the other being Nordic Combined) that receives no funding from Own the Podium. But on February 7, 2022 our Canadian ski jumpers showed us all what is possible when you give people an opportunity to succeed! Thank you to our donors for believing in our athletes and backing their success on the world stage! Because of you our athletes can compete for Canada and realize their full potential which for our ski jumpers meant Olympic history in Beijing!
Canada won bronze in the 2022 mixed team ski jumping competition, which debuted as an Olympic event. This is Canada’s first-ever Olympic medal in Ski Jumping. All 4 team members
Alexandria Loutitt, Matthew Soukup, Abigail Strate, and Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes are CAN Fund or CAN Fund #150Women recipients. Canada was not considered a medal contender in a sport that is typically dominated by European nations. Standing on the Olympic podium for our Canadians was an improbable feat. Ski Jumping is one of the most underfunded winter sports in Canada with the average net income of a ski jumper applying to CAN Fund being negative $15,000. To say this bronze medal has defied all odds is an understatement. In 2018, the Ski Jumping facilities in Calgary where the team trains were permanently closed. Left with no home hills, the team was forced to relocate to Slovenia full-time to train and to keep their Olympic dream alive. For a team that is essentially “selffunded” and gets a fraction of what other nations get as far as access to basic equipment and resources, they have shown the world what hard work, sheer determination, and resilience can achieve!
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes
Alex Loutitt
Abigail Strate
Matthew Soukup
