Jackson's Story
Fast Facts
Sport: Freestyle Skiing
Event: Moguls
Olympic History: Milano Cortina 2026
Highlights: Making finals in my debut World Cup in Ruka, Finland, 2022
Year Born: 2002
About Jackson
Jackson Harvey is in career-best form ahead of his Olympic debut at Milano Cortina 2026. The American-born moguls skier, has had two seasons back from knee surgery and has produced the two top-10 World Cup results of his career in the month before the 2026 Olympics.
Born in the ski town of Winter Park, Colorado, Jackson grew up on the slopes and joined the Winter Park Competition Centre as a child. Both his parents work in the ski industry and his mother is from Melbourne. In 2022 he relocated to Australia to pursue World Cup goals through the Australian mogul skiing program. He currently bases himself in Noosa Heads and trains with NSWIS.
Jackson’s pathway gathered momentum on the North American circuit. He claimed a first international podium with third in dual moguls at the Steamboat Nor-Am in 2019 and was third at the U.S. Selections in 2021, signalling readiness for higher levels. Back in Australia ahead of his World Cup push, he posted second and fourth at the 2022 Australian Championships at Perisher.
His World Cup debut followed in December 2022. Jackson qualified for finals first-up at Ruka in Finland and placed 14th, then recorded a personal-best, at the time, of 11th at Idre Fjäll in Sweden the very next week. That form underpinned a strong first season, finishing the 2022/23 World Cup ranked 16th in moguls and 23rd overall. He made his senior World Championships debut in Bakuriani, Georgia, placing 28th in moguls and 19th in dual moguls.
Confidence high, Jackson collected his first FIS-level victory at Perisher during the Australia–New Zealand Cup series in August 2023, backing up the domestic promise he had shown the previous year. Unfortunately, a knee injury in training before the season opener at Ruka (FIN) in late 2023 ended his 2023/24 campaign and required surgery.
He returned to the tour in the 2024/25 northern winter and steadily rebuilt race rhythm. Highlights included a 26th in moguls and 19th in dual moguls at the Almaty World Cup in February–March 2025, results that again put points on the board. At the 2025 World Championships in Engadin (SUI), he was 28th in moguls and 18th in dual moguls, solid progress in his first season back from injury.
Jackson raced the 2025 Australia–New Zealand Cup series, ending the circuit ranked fifth overall in both moguls and dual moguls, strong preparation for the 2025-26 World Cup season in the northern hemisphere. These events, together with his World Cup schedule, have broadened his experience on a variety of courses and snow conditions, another step in his progression from promising debutant to consistent international competitor.
In the two months leading into Milano Cortina 2026, he opened the World Cup season in Ruka (FIN) with 19th and 18th in moguls. At Val St.Come in Canada he qualified 15th (74.39) before blistering speed in the finals placed him seventh with 80.24 points - and a career personal best World Cup finish. A week later at Waterville Valley, USA, Jackson qualified strongly in eighth (75.32) and delivered again in the finals (78.00) to finish eighth, the top Australian male.
Away from the slopes, Jackson is studying a Bachelor of Environmental Science and Business at Griffith University, balancing tertiary study with national team training demands.
In 2023, he was selected as a Tier 1 recipient in the Sport Australia Hall of Fame Scholarship & Mentoring Program and paired with Olympic champion Steve Hooker OAM, support that complements the guidance he receives within the Australian moguls program.
Returning from injury to World Championships starts in both moguls and dual moguls within a year is a testament to Jackson’s work ethic. He is now having top-10 breakthroughs ahead of his first Olympic Winter Games. The pathway that took him from Winter Park to Australia’s high‑performance set-up remains his foundation: steady improvement, major-event exposure, and a grounded approach to study, training and life in the mountains.
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