Jasey-Jay Anderson
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Jasey-Jay Anderson
Athlete Focus Jasey-Jay Anderson Sport: Snowboarding Born: 13/04/1975 Gender: Male Birth Place: Montréal, Québec, Canada Residence: Mont-Tremblant, Québec, Canada Height: 178.0 cm Weight: 80.0 kg HIGHLIGHTS • 2010 Vancouver Olympics Snowboard PGS Gold • Twice Giant Slalom World Championships Gold • Twice Parallel GS World Championships Gold • Once Parallel Slalom World Championships Gold • Four-time Overall Alpine (FIS Crystal Globe) • Three-time Overall SBX (FIS Crystal Globe) Jasey-Jay is one of the sport’s most versatile and intense riders. With seven FIS coveted crystal globes to his credit, Jasey-Jay is at the top of his mountain. An international career which took off in earnest eighteen years ago has catapulted Jasey-Jay onto some of the world’s most extreme slopes and to numerous podiums in three disciplines of this Olympic sport. Jasey-Jay Anderson keeps the hammer down. Anderson is Canada’s most decorated snowboarder having achieved a World Championship gold medal in all 3 slalom events over his career, and an Olympic gold medal in 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 four-time Olympic athlete, having represented Canada in the 1998 Nagano, 2002 Salt Lake, 2006 Turin, and 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic games. Anderson’s best result in the Olympics prior to Vancouver 2010 was a 5th place finish in snowboard cross in Turin. Anderson finished 20th in the parallel giant slalom event at the 2006 Turin games. When he is not snowboarding, Anderson lives on a blueberry farm in Mont-Tremblant, Quebec. www.sirc.ca 20 SIRCuit Volume 2 (1) Fall / automne 2011 As someone who is always open to new challenges, Anderson works to continually succeed in overcoming adversity. He frequently comments on the competence of the support teams around him, from the Canadian Snowboard Federation medical and support group to his family and friends, private trainers and technical advisors. Jasey-Jay talks about his journey to gold; the training and the team that got him there. www.sirc.ca 21 SIRCuit Volume 2 (1) Fall / automne 2011