Justin Wadsworth

Justin Wadsworth
Personal information
Born (1968-08-14) August 14, 1968 (age 56)
La Jolla, San Diego, United States
Sport
SportCross-country skiing

Justin Wadsworth (born August 14, 1968) is an American former cross-country skier and coach.[1] He competed at the 1994 Winter Olympics, the 1998 Winter Olympics and the 2002 Winter Olympics.[2] He is also known for an act of sportsmanship at the 2018 Winter Olympics, when as head coach of the Canadian ski team, he rushed to hand one of his charges' spare ski to Russian Anton Gafarov after he had fallen and broken one of his skis at the Sochi Olympic Games in 2014.[3]

  1. ^ "Justin Wadsworth". Olympedia. Retrieved February 6, 2022.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Justin Wadsworth Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved July 6, 2019.
  3. ^ "Canadian ski coach plays Good Samaritan to fallen Russian". The Globe and Mail. February 11, 2014. Retrieved February 6, 2022.