Alex Harvey (skier)


Alex Harvey is a retired Canadian cross-country skier who competed between 2005 and 2019. Harvey is also a member of the Quebec Provincial Cycling Team.

Career

In 2008 Harvey finished third both in the. He also competed at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec, finishing fifth in the 4 x 10 km, 22nd in the 15 km + 15 km double pursuit, 28th in the individual sprint, and 36th in the 15 km events.
In the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics, Harvey finished fourth in the team sprint with teammate Devon Kershaw. This is the best placing ever for Canadian men in an Olympic cross-country competition. In the men's 4 x 10 km relay, Harvey and Canada finished seventh.
At the 2011 U-23 Worlds, Harvey won the 30 km pursuit race.
At the 30 km pursuit in the 2011 World Championships in Oslo, Norway, Harvey took the lead early on in the freestyle portion of the race, but lost the lead with 2 km to go finishing at 13th place. Three days later, he won gold medal in the team sprint together with Devon Kershaw. At the men's 50 km freestyle Harvey finished fifth, after falling in the Feed Zone after 3 kilometres. He then won a silver medal at the 2011–12 Tour de Ski in Val di Fiemme, Italy, in stage 8 at the 20 km classical mass start.
During the 2013–14 Tour de Ski, Harvey succeeds three podium finishes, including a win at the 4,5 km classic technique prologue in Oberhof, Germany. He ends the competition in third place of the Tour de Ski sprint standing with 62 pts, getting a bronze medal. Then, he won a bronze medal at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2013 in the individual sprint event, finishing 0,1 second behind winner Petter Northug.
He finished third overall of the 2013–14 FIS Cross-Country World Cup rankings, succeeds six podium finishes, including a win in Oberhof, Szklarska Poręba and at the World Cup Final in Falun. At the 2015 Tour de Ski, he won a silver medal in stage 6 at the 10 km individual classic.
At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2015 in Falun, Sweden, Harvey won a silver medal in the individual sprint classic and a bronze medal in the 15f/15c skiathlon events.
He won the gold medal in the 50-kilometre freestyle race at the 2017 cross-country skiing world championships in Lahti, Finland, the first North American to do so since the event began in 1925.
In February 2019, Harvey announced that he was going to retire at the end of the 2019 season.

Personal life

Harvey's father Pierre Harvey participated in the 1976 and 1988 Olympic Games in the 100 km time trial cycling and cross-country skiing events, respectively.
Pierre took part in the 1976 Olympic road race in cycling. He also participated in the road race and 100 km team time trial in cycling in the 1984 Olympics. He participated in the 1984 and 1988 Olympics in cross-country skiing.

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation.

Olympic Games

World Championships

Year Age 15 km
individual		 30 km
skiathlon 		50 km
mass start		 Sprint 4 × 10 km
relay 		Team
sprint
2009203622—285—
201122—1257—Gold
201324—1328Bronze124
201526—Bronze5Silver10—
201728—5Gold12126
201930—6121612—

World Cup

Season standings

Individual podiums

No.SeasonDateLocationRaceLevelPlace
1 2008–09 14 March 2009 Trondheim, Norway50 km Mass Start CWorld Cup3rd
2 2010–11 20 February 2011 Drammen, Norway1.6 km Sprint FWorld Cup2nd
3 2011–12 7 January 2012 Val di Fiemme, Italy20 km Mass Start CStage World Cup2nd
4 2011–12 3 March 2012 Lahti, Finland15 km + 15 km Skiathlon C/FWorld Cup3rd
5 2011–12 16 March 2012 Falun, Sweden3.3 km Individual FStage World Cup1st
6 2011–12 18 March 2012 Falun, Sweden15 km Pursuit FStage World Cup2nd
7 2012–13 5 January 2013 Val di Fiemme, Italy15 km Mass Start CStage World Cup3rd
82013–1428 December 2013 Oberhof, Germany4.5 km Individual FStage World Cup1st
92013–1431 December 2013 Lenzerheide, Switzerland1.5 km Sprint FStage World Cup2nd
102013–143 January 2014 Cortina–Toblach, Italy35 km Pursuit FStage World Cup3rd
112013–1418 January 2014 Szklarska Poręba, Poland1.5 km Sprint FWorld Cup1st
122013–1415 March 2014 Falun, Sweden15 km + 15 km Skiathlon C/FStage World Cup1st
132013–1414–16 March 2014 World Cup FinalOverall StandingsWorld Cup2nd
14 2014–15 4 January 2015 Oberstdorf, Germany15 km Pursuit CStage World Cup2nd
15 2014–15 14 February 2015 Östersund, Sweden1.2 km Sprint CWorld Cup2nd
16 2015–16 28 November 2015 Rukatunturi, Finland10 km Individual FStage World Cup2nd
17 2015–16 4 March 2016 Quebec City, Canada1.7 km Sprint FStage World Cup2nd
18 2016–17 4 January 2017 Oberstdorf, Germany15 km Pursuit FStage World Cup3rd
19 2016–17 21 January 2017 Ulricehamn, Sweden15 km Individual FWorld Cup1st
20 2016–17 17 March 2017 Quebec City, Canada1.5 km Sprint FStage World Cup1st
21 2016–17 17–19 March 2017 World Cup FinalOverall StandingsWorld Cup2nd
22 2017–18 6 January 2018 Val di Fiemme, Italy15 km Mass Start CStage World Cup3rd
23 2017–18 30 December 2017
– 7 January 2018		 Tour de SkiOverall StandingsWorld Cup3rd
24 2017–18 28 January 2018 Seefeld, Austria15 km Mass Start FWorld Cup2nd
25 2017–18 18 March 2018 Falun, Sweden15 km Pursuit FStage World Cup1st
26 2017–18 16–18 March 2018 World Cup FinalOverall StandingsWorld Cup2nd
27 2018–19 30 November 2018 Lillehammer, Norway1.6 km Sprint FStage World Cup3rd
28 2018–19 23 March 2019 Quebec City, Canada15 km Mass Start CStage World Cup2nd
29 2018–19 24 March 2019 Quebec City, Canada15 km Pursuit FStage World Cup1st
30 2018–19 24 March 2019 World Cup FinalOverall StandingsWorld Cup2nd

Team podiums

No.SeasonDateLocationRaceLevelPlaceTeammate
1 2008–09 18 January 2009 Whistler, Canada6 × 1.6 km Team Sprint FWorld Cup3rdGrey
22016–1715 January 2017 Toblach, Italy6 × 1.3 km Team Sprint FWorld Cup1stVäljas
32016–1722 January 2017 Ulricehamn, Sweden4 × 7.5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup3rdKershaw / Johnsgaard / Väljas