Peter Judge

A distinguished coach, sport leader, executive and champion of skiing in Canada, Peter Judge has served freestyle skiing and Canadian sport with passion, integrity and enthusiasm.

As a longtime coach of the national freestyle program from 1985 to 1997, Peter earned five Longines Coaching Excellence Awards and was twice a finalist for Canadian Coach of the Year.

He served Freestyle Canada in several capacities over the years — as athlete, coach and administrator — before leaving the organization after the Sochi Games to become director of winter sport at Own the Podium, succeeding Ken Read.

During his tenure as CEO with Freestyle Canada, Peter guided Canadian freestyle athletes to 19 Olympic medals, 69 FIS World Championship medals, more than 1,000 World Cup podiums and nine FIS Nations Cups. Known for being passionate, innovative and practical, he championed the inclusion of new freestyle disciplines in Olympic competition. After seeing freestyle skiing accepted as a demonstration event at the 1988 Olympic Games in Calgary while he was head coach, he later helped secure slopestyle and halfpipe on the official program for the 2014 Games in Sochi.

Peter also worked tirelessly to improve the freestyle system in Canada, upgrading facilities and strengthening technical support for coaches to better guide athlete development. This vision contributed to Freestyle Canada’s best-ever Olympic performance in Sochi, where the team captured seven medals.

He co-authored the original FIS rules and chaired the FIS Freestyle Rules and Technical Committee for 14 years.

A member of the Canadian Ski Hall of Fame, the Calgary native pursued an international skiing career over nine years in the 1970s and 1980s and was crowned world champion in the 1983 general rankings. He was head coach for the Canadian freestyle ski team from 1985 to 1997, managing athletes who won three medals at the 1994 Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway. In all, he has represented Canada seven times at various Olympics, both as head coach and team leader.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

• 1970s–1980s — Competed internationally for nine years; crowned world champion in 1983 general rankings
• 1985–1997 — Head coach, Canadian freestyle ski team; team earned three medals at 1994 Olympics in Lillehammer
• 1988 — Led freestyle skiing as a demonstration event at the Calgary Olympic Winter Games
• 1990s–2000s — Co-authored original FIS freestyle rules; chaired FIS Freestyle Rules and Technical Committee for 14 years
• CEO tenure at Freestyle Canada — Guided athletes to 19 Olympic medals, 69 FIS World Championship medals, more than 1,000 World Cup podiums and nine FIS Nations Cups
• 2014 — Instrumental in adding slopestyle and halfpipe to the Sochi Olympic program
• Post-Sochi — Became director of winter sport at Own the Podium, succeeding Ken Read

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