Reid Watts

Reid got hooked on the sport of luge after watching a bobsleigh race rip down the Whistler Sliding Centre. Shortly after, he had his mom sign him up for a recruitment camp because he was forever asking to go back to the track. Reid took his first run, and it was the greatest rush of his life. He has never looked back and is now a member of Canada’s national senior team who has demonstrated enormous potential.

Reid took a major step forward in his development in 2016 where he had his name etched in the history books as the first Canadian to win a medal at the Youth Olympic Winter Games in Lillehammer, Norway. Reid slid to the bronze in men’s singles.

Reid credited the historic performance to Luge Canada and his hometown track – Whistler Sliding Centre – that introduced him to the sport. Showing tremendous potential having racked up seven medals on the Junior World Cup circuit before advancing into the senior ranks, Luge Canada created an opportunity for Reid in 2017 to join the World Cup Team for three races after the Christmas break – a strategic move to fully prepare the promising teen, and nation, for a shot at the Youth Olympic Games luge podium. 

Equally valuable was the venue that introduced Watts and a growing pool of legacy babies on Canada’s west coast to the sliding sports.

Reid stepped forward and showed the Canadian sliding community he is ready to carry the torch for a new generation of men’s singles sliders by finishing 12th at his Olympic debut in PyeongChang, Korea. Building on that success he stood on his first World Cup podium on his home track the year following the Olympics when he was part of the bronze medal-winning relay squad.

Outside of luge, Reid enjoys biking and skiing. 

Career Highlights

2020 – Canadian Championships, Whistler, CAN: 1
2020 – World Cup, Sigulda, LAT: 18
2020 – World Cup, Altenberg, GER: 18 (singles), 7 (Team Relay)
2019 – World Cup, Lake Placid, USA: 17
2019 – World Cup, Igls, AUT: 19 (singles), 4 (Team Relay)
2019 – World Cup, Oberhof, GER: 7 (Team Relay), 19 (singles)
2019 – World Cup, Altenberg, GER: 17
2019 – World Championships, Winterberg, GER: 4 (U23), 5 (Team Relay), 18 (singles)
2019 – World Cup, Kongissee, GER: 6 (Team Relay)
2019 – World Cup, Calgary, CAN: 6 (Team Relay), 15 (singles)
2019 – World Cup, Whistler, CAN: 3 (Team Relay)
2018 – Olympic Winter Games, PyeongChang, KOR: 12
2018 – World Cup, Lillehammer, NOR: 20
2018 – World Cup, Calgary, CAN: 17
2017 – World Championships, Igls, AUT: 26
2016 – World Cup, Lake Placid, USA: 18
2016 – Junior Canadian Championships, Whistler, CAN: 1
2016 – Youth Olympic Winter Games, Lillehammer, NOR: 3 (singles), 4 (team relay)
2016 – Junior World Championships, Winterberg, GER: 14
2016 – World Championships, Konigssee, GER: 29
2016 – World Cup, Sigulda, LAT: 32
2015 – Junior World Cup, Konigssee, GER: 3
2015 – Canadian Championships, Whistler, CAN: 3 (singles), 2 (doubles)
2015 – Junior World Cup, Winterberg, GER: 4
2015 – Junior World Cup, Oberhof, GER: 11, 3
2015 – Junior World Championships, Lillehammer, NOR: 14
2014 – Junior World Cup, Park City, USA: 1
2014 – Junior World Cup, Whistler, CAN: 4, 2, 2, 1, 3
2014 – Youth World Cup, Konigssee, GER: 10
2014 – Youth World Cup, Oberhof, GER: 9
2014 – Youth World Championships, Innsbruck, AUT: 20

Past Results