James Woods

Who is James Woods?

James Woods is a British freestyle skier. He won a silver medal at the 2013 FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships.

Woods learned to ski at the Sheffield Ski Village near his family home. He won five consecutive British national championships in slopestyle between 2007 and 2011 in Laax. He took a bronze medal at the 2011 Winter X Games Europe, and that year he scored a third place at the King of style competition in Stockholm and also placed eighth on his debut at the FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships. In April 2012 he finished second in the slopestyle event at the World Skiing Invitational & AFP World Championships at Whistler Blackcomb. Woods won the FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup for slopestyle in the 2012–13 season, winning two rounds along the way.

He travelled to Sochi in January 2014 for the 2014 Winter Olympics. However, he suffered a hip injury during a training session. In statements given, he is said to be "progressing well" and the physios' goals are to get "get Woods 100%". He competed in the Men's Ski Slopestyle competition on Thursday 13 February, but failed to get a medal, finishing fifth.