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==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.canadasnowboard.ca/en/team/members/?id=5 National Team Profile]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090905140122/http://www.canadasnowboard.ca/en/team/members/?id=5 National Team Profile]
* [http://www.ctvolympics.ca/team-canada/athletes/athlete=3443/career-highlights/index.html CTV Olympic Profile]
* [http://www.ctvolympics.ca/team-canada/athletes/athlete=3443/career-highlights/index.html CTV Olympic Profile]
* {{FIS snowboarder |name=Jasey Jay Anderson}}
* {{FIS snowboarder |name=Jasey Jay Anderson}}

Revision as of 16:01, 22 November 2017

Jasey Jay Anderson
Anderson in 2012
Personal information
Born (1975-04-13) 13 April 1975 (age 49)
Val-Morin, Quebec, Canada
Height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight175 lb (79 kg)
Websitejaseyjay.com
Medal record
Men's snowboarding
Representing  Canada
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2010 Vancouver Parallel GS
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2001 Madonna di Campiglio Giant slalom
Gold medal – first place 2005 Whistler Parallel slalom
Gold medal – first place 2005 Whistler Parallel GS
Gold medal – first place 2009 Gangwon Parallel GS

Jasey-Jay Anderson (born 13 April 1975 in

Winter Olympics. Anderson currently resides in Mont-Tremblant outside of Montreal
.

Anderson is Canada's most decorated snowboarder having achieved a

parallel giant slalom. In addition to being a 4 time world champion Anderson has achieved success across the board. Anderson won four consecutive overall FIS Snowboard World Cup titles from 2000–2004 and two world cup overall titles in snowboard cross
in 2001–02 and 2005–06. These titles included 19 podiums in parallel giant slalom and 19 podiums in snowboard cross.

Anderson is also a five-time Olympic athlete, having represented Canada in the

Winter Olympic games. Anderson's best result in the Olympics prior to Vancouver 2010 was a 5th-place finish in snowboard cross in Turin.[1] Anderson finished 20th in the parallel giant slalom event at the 2006 Turin games.[2]

Anderson won the

gold medal in men's parallel giant slalom at the 2010 Winter Olympics on home soil as the games took place in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.[3]

When he is not snowboarding, Anderson lives on a blueberry farm in

Mont-Tremblant, Quebec.[4]

Anderson retired following the 2010 Olympics but returned to snowboarding to compete in the 2014, where he was the oldest competitor and ultimately finished in fourteenth position. Since 2007, Jasey-Jay is part of the Tremblant athletes ambassadors program.

References

  1. ^ "Jasey-Jay Anderson makes Olympic-sized decision" (cbcsports.ca, 14 February 2009)
  2. ^ Jasey-Jay Anderson at the CANADIAN OLYMPIC COMMITTEE website (photograph included)
  3. ^ Rook, Katie (27 February 2010). "Snowboarder Anderson takes gold". CTV Olympics. Retrieved 27 February 2010.
  4. ^ "Jasey Jay Anderson ready for the last 'dance'". The Star. Toronto. 7 January 2010.

External links

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