Profile - Thomas (TJ) Baldwin

TJ is one of Great Britain's best Alpine racers. He was in 2012 British Senior Champion in Downhill, Super G, GS, Super Combined & Overall Combined. He is now ranked GB No2 in Downhill & Super G; & No1 in Super Combined.

TJ learnt to ski at the Dry slope in Norwich aged 6 but did not ski on snow until he was 10. After a very successful but brief dry slope racing career he moved to snow and at the end of his first season won the English Championships and was 2^nd in the British Championships. He has been a member of a British team for 11 seasons (4 in Children's team, 2 in Youth team, 3 in Jun/FIS team & 2 in Senior team).  During that time he competed at Topolino in 2004 & 2005; at the 2007 EYWOF, the 2008, 2009, 2010 World Junior Championships & the 2011 World Senior Championships.  At the WJC he came 24^th in Super G (2009) & 18^th in Downhill (2010). In the 2011 World Senior champs he was 38^th in the Downhill.  Over the past 10 years TJ has won an incredible 33 British titles in the Children & Junior category, as well as English & Inter School titles. In his first year as a Senior he won 5 British titles, the Downhill, Super G, Super Combined, Overall Combined & the Victor Ludorum.

TJ has a vast experience having competed in almost 400 FIS races in North/South America & Europe, including World Cup, Europa Cup, Nor-Am & SAC. One of his finest results was coming 8^th in a Nor-Am GS race at the start of the 2010/11 season. He skied from bib 42 into the top 10 and was fastest on the 2^nd run by over ½ second.  His best results from the 2011/12 season were a 4^th place in a Nor-Am Super G; and a 6^th & 8^th in 2 Nor-Am Downhill's, placing him 6^th overall in the Nor-Am Downhill standings.

He is currently ranked 95th in the World for Downhill, 175th in Super G & 89th Super Combined.

This season he is hoping for top 10 results in Europa Cup and top 30 results in World Cup Downhill & Super G races, to qualify for the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics where he is aiming for top 20 finishes.