GwichSA国际影视传媒檌n world ski jump champion Alexandria Louttit has been co-named Athlete of the Year as a winner of the 2023 Prix Comm茅moratif John Semmelink Memorial Award.

Presented to the best representative of Canada in integrity, conduct and ability in any given year, this year the Canadian Snowsports Association was unable to decide between two outstanding athletes and instead honoured them both.

Louttit took the snowsports world by storm when she became the first Canadian to win a gold medal at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships on March 1 in Planica, Slovenia. Louttit doubled down on her success a few weeks later in Whistler, B.C., where she won the Junior World Championships before returning to Slovenia to claim another championship medal. She then set the new Canadian ski jump distance record by jumping 225 metres at the first WomenSA国际影视传媒檚 Ski Flying competition in Vikersund, Norway.

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Joining Louttit in this yearSA国际影视传媒檚 recognition is alpine skier Laurence St-Germain, from St. Ferr茅ol-les-Neiges, Que. St-Germain is the first Canadian woman in 60 years to take a gold medal in slalom, taking the world championship at the 2023 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships in M茅ribel, France.

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The two-time Olympian is the 23rd alpine skier to win the award.

SA国际影视传媒淏eing named the co-winner for 2022-2033 alongside Laurence St. Germain, an extraordinary athlete whom I deeply admire, is a true honour,SA国际影视传媒� said Louttit, who is the third ski jumper to receive the national honour.

Considered the most prestigious award in Canadian snow sports, the John Semmelink Award was named for a Canadian alpine ski racer who died in a training accident while competing in the Arlberg-Kandahar downhill race in 1959. The award will be presented Montreal at the Canadian Ski Museum and Hall of Fame on Nov. 17.