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.
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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.
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