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Erik Guay (
Career
Born in Montreal,[3] Guay was five when he competed in his first ski race, and when he was twelve his father, himself a ski team coach, took him for professional coaching.[4]
His first podium came in November
He won his first World Cup race the following season at
The
Guay struggled with knee issues during the
Guay continued to find the podium during the
At the 2017 World Championships in St. Moritz, Guay won the super-G event. At 35, Guay became the oldest World Champion ever, replacing incumbent super-G champion Hannes Reichelt.[13] That weekend, Guay also placed second in the downhill event.[14]
Guay was unable to participate in the alpine skiing events at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang because of a back injury.[2]
Hours before Guay was supposed to compete at Lake Louise in November 2018, he decided to retire from the sport after his teammate Manuel Osborne-Paradis suffered a violent crash. He had already planned to retire after the end of the season but hastened his departure after hearing that Osborne-Paradis had needed an emergency airlift.[2]
Personal life
Guay and his wife Karen have four daughters and they live in
He is of Norwegian descent through one grandmother.[15] Since 2009, Erik Guay has been part of the Tremblant athletes ambassadors program.
World Cup results
Season titles
Season | Discipline |
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2010 |
Super-G |
Season standings
Season | Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
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2003 |
21 | 79 | — | — | 32 | 37 | — |
2004 |
22 | 55 | — | — | 24 | 28 | — |
2005 |
23 | 25 | — | — | 15 | 14 | 19 |
2006 |
24 | 18 | — | 47 | 6 | 11 | — |
2007 |
25 | 12 | — | 49 | 10 | 3 | — |
2008 |
26 | 18 | — | 41 | 6 | 12 | — |
2009 |
27 | 22 | — | — | 12 | 6 | — |
2010 |
28 | 13 | — | — | 1 | 13 | — |
2011 |
29 | 26 | — | — | 13 | 14 | — |
2012 |
30 | 19 | — | — | 12 | 7 | — |
2013 |
31 | 18 | — | — | 11 | 6 | — |
2014 |
32 | 13 | — | — | 21 | 3 | — |
2015 |
33 | injured, out for season | |||||
2016 |
34 | 26 | — | — | 20 | 13 | — |
2017 |
35 | 14 | — | — | 9 | 5 | — |
2018 |
36 | 116 | — | — | 36 | — | — |
Race podiums
Season | Date | Location | Discipline | Place |
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2004 |
29 Nov 2003 | Lake Louise , Canada |
Downhill | 2nd |
2006 |
1 Dec 2005 | Beaver Creek, USA | Super-G | 2nd |
16 Dec 2005 | Val Gardena, Italy | Super-G | 2nd | |
17 Dec 2005 | Downhill | 3rd | ||
2007 |
20 Jan 2007 | Val d'Isère, France | Downhill | 2nd |
23 Feb 2007 | Garmisch, Germany | Downhill | 3rd | |
24 Feb 2007 | Downhill | 1st | ||
10 Mar 2007 | Kvitfjell, Norway | Downhill | 2nd | |
15 Mar 2007 | Lenzerheide, Switzerland | Super-G | 3rd | |
2009 |
5 Dec 2008 | Beaver Creek, USA | Downhill | 3rd |
2010 |
7 Mar 2010 | Kvitfjell, Norway | Super-G | 1st |
10 Mar 2010 | Garmisch, Germany | Downhill | 3rd | |
11 Mar 2010 | Super-G | 1st | ||
2011 |
17 Dec 2010 | Val Gardena, Italy | Super-G | 3rd |
11 Mar 2011 | Kvitfjell, Norway | Downhill | 2nd | |
2012 |
28 Jan 2012 | Garmisch, Germany | Downhill | 2nd |
4 Feb 2012 | Chamonix, France | Downhill | 3rd | |
2013 |
15 Dec 2012 | Val Gardena, Italy | Downhill | 3rd |
26 Jan 2013 | Kitzbühel, Austria | Downhill | 2nd | |
2014 |
21 Dec 2013 | Val Gardena, Italy | Downhill | 1st |
29 Dec 2013 | Bormio, Italy | Downhill | 3rd | |
1 Mar 2014 | Kvitfjell, Norway | Downhill | 1st | |
2016 |
16 Mar 2016 | St. Moritz, Switzerland | Downhill | 3rd |
2017 |
16 Dec 2016 | Val Gardena, Italy | Super-G | 3rd |
World Championship results
Year | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2003 | 21 | — | — | 6 | 6 | 17 |
2005 | 23 | — | — | 19 | 22 | DNS |
2007 | 25 | — | — | 6 | 4 | — |
2009 | 27 | — | — | 19 | DNF | — |
2011 | 29 | — | — | DNF | 1 | — |
2013 | 31 | — | — | 23 | DSQ | — |
2015 | 33 | injured, out for season | ||||
2017 | 35 | — | — | 1 | 2 | — |
References
- ^ a b c d Reguly, Eric (January 30, 2014). "Erik Guay obsessed with closing the gap". The Globe and Mail.
- ^ a b c d Strashin, Jamie (November 22, 2018). "Canadian skiing great Erik Guay abruptly retires after teammate's violent crash". CBC Sports. Retrieved November 22, 2018.
- ^ Wolfe, Cory (February 10, 2006). "Downhillers plan to attack course", Calgary Herald, p. E1.
- ^ "Go Erik!". Archived from the original on 2004-04-11.
- ^ a b Erik Guay at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- ^ a b "Go Erik!". Archived from the original on 2004-04-11.
- ^ The Vancouver Sun.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Guay Continues His Late Surge to Seize the Super-G World Cup". The New York Times. Associated Press. 2010-03-11. Retrieved 2010-03-11.
- ^ McKee, Hank (December 21, 2013). "Alliance pays off for Canadians and Norwegians; Guay wins Val Gardena". Ski Racing. Retrieved March 1, 2014.
- ^ McKee, Hank (December 29, 2013). "Svindal bests Bormio downhill". Retrieved March 1, 2014.
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(help) - ^ McKee, Hank (March 1, 2014). "Guay wins Kvitfjell downhill with Ganong fourth". Ski Racing. Retrieved March 1, 2014.
- ^ Hall, Vicki (27 November 2015). "Erik Guay feeling good heading into season-opening race". Toronto Sun.
- ^ Nichols, Paula (8 February 2017). "Guay wins gold, Osborne-Paradis bronze in world championship super-G". Canada Olympic Team.
- ^ Hall, Vicki (12 February 2017). "'The biggest achievement ever': Canadian ski legend Erik Guay wins second world alpine medal in four days". National Post.
- ^ "Vinneren er litt norsk også". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 9 February 2017. p. 29.
External links
- Erik Guay at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- Erik Guay World Cup standings at the International Ski Federation
- Erik Guay at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
- Erik Guay at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Alpine Canada.org – national ski team – athletes – Erik Guay
- Head Skis Archived 2016-03-21 at the Wayback Machine – athletes – Erik Guay
- Official website