Ben Loomis

Ben Loomis is a Nordic combined skier from the United States who participated in the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Loomis, who was born and raised in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, began skiing with the Mount Washington Nordic Ski Center’s Flying Eagles Ski Club. Loomis attended Eau Claire Memorial High School for his freshman year before moving to Park City to ski and attend Winter Sports School, where he graduated.

Loomis won the Youth Cup in Trondheim, Norway, in 2016. He competed in the International Ski Federation Junior World Championships in every year from 2014 to 2018, placing 7th (team normal hill/4x5K) in 2015 and 2017 and 6th in 2016. Loomis placed third in the 10k individual Gunderson race and fourth in the 5k individual Gunderson event at the 2018 Junior World Championships. Loomis also competed in the World Championships in 2017, 2019, and 2021. He came in 31st position in the 10k individual Gunderson event at the 2021 World Championships.

Loomis won a silver medal in Nordic combined at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics, marking the first time the United States had won a medal in the event in a Youth Games. The United States Ski and Snowboard Association named Loomis the 2016 Nordic Combined Athlete of the Year. Loomis is also a US Army soldier and a beneficiary of the United States Army World Class Athlete Program, a military outfit whose primary objective is to assist troops who are nationally and internationally ranked in their pursuit of a spot on the United States Olympic team.