Braydon Luscombe
Birthdate
Sport(s)
Para Alpine
Hometown
Duncan, BC
Classification
Braydon Luscombe entered four races at the 2018 Paralympic Winter Games. His best result in Para alpine skiing was an eighth place in the Super G.
A former prospect athlete who moved up to the national team in 2011 after forerunning at the Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Winter Games, Luscombe has recorded 23 top-10 finishes at IPC World Cup races since his first World Cup season (2012).
At the 2017 World Championships, Luscombe had a top-ten finish in downhill. In the 2016-17 season, he had two sixth-place finishes.
Luscombe, who says the athletes he admires most in sport are his fellow competitors and teammates, likes to road cycle in his spare time, and is known on the team for his sense of humour and flowing mullet. He is a talented artist who designs tattoos in sketchbooks that often accompany him on the road.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
2018 - Paralympic Winter Games... Sochi 2014 Paralympic team member… 2013, 2015, 2017 world championship team member… won 2016 World Cup bronze medal in downhill…
PERSONAL
He took up Para skiing at age six at the Mount Washington Alpine Resort in British Colombia. He began racing at age 11…
NOTABLE INTERNATIONAL RESULTS
- 2018 Paralympic Winter Games - Super G - 8th
- 2018 World Cup Final – downhill – 3rd
- 2017 World Para Alpine Skiing Championships – downhill – 10th
- 2017 World Para Alpine Skiing Championships – Super G – 11th
- 2017 World Para Alpine Skiing Championships – slalom – 13th
- 2015 World Para Alpine Skiing Championships – downhill – 9th
- 2014 Paralympic Winter Games – downhill – did not finish
- 2014 Paralympic Winter Games – Super G – did not finish
- 2014 Paralympic Winter Games – slalom – did not finish
- 2014 Paralympic Winter Games – super combined – did not finish
- 2013 World Para Alpine Skiing Championships – Super G 14th
- 2013 World Para Alpine Skiing Championships – downhill – 9th
- 2013 World Para Alpine Skiing Championships – super combined – 13th
| Year | Type | Host City |
Medals |
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| 2018 | Winter |
Pyeongchang, South Korea
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| 2014 | Winter |
Sochi, Russia
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