Jasey-Jay Anderson (born 13 April 1975 in

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and Olympic gold medallist, who competed in the

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. Anderson currently resides in

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outside of

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Personal life

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

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. Since 2007, Jasey-Jay is part of the Tremblant athletes ambassadors program.

Sports career

Anderson is Canada's most decorated snowboarder having achieved a

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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 snowboard. Anderson won four consecutive overall

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titles from 2000 to 2004 and two world cup overall titles in

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in 2001–02 and 2005–06. These titles included 20 podiums in parallel giant slalom and 19 podiums in snowboard cross. Anderson is also a six-time Olympic athlete, having represented Canada in the 1998 Nagano, 2002 Salt Lake,

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, 2010 Vancouver, 2014 Sochi, 2018 PyeongChang,

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. Anderson's best result in the Olympics prior to Vancouver 2010 was a 5th-place finish in

in Turin.CBC Sports
"Jasey-Jay Anderson makes Olympic-sized decision"
14 February 2009 Anderson finished 20th in the parallel giant slalom event at the 2006 Turin games.Canadian Olympic Committee
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(photograph included)] Anderson won the Olympic gold medal, gold medal in men's parallel giant slalom at the 2010 Winter Olympics on home soil as the games took place in

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, Canada. Anderson retired following the Vancouver 2010 Olympics but returned to snowboarding to compete in the Sochi 2014 Olympics, where he was the oldest competitor and ultimately finished in fourteenth position. In January 2018, at age 42, he became the oldest snowboarder to compete at a World Cup. Anderson qualified for the PyeongChang Olympics. With his participation at the

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, he became the oldest competitor in snowboarding, and the Canadian with the most appearances at the Winter Olympics, becoming a 6-time Winter Olympian.

References

External links

National Team Profile

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Anderson, Jasey Jay 20th-century Canadian farmers Canadian male snowboarders Olympic snowboarders for Canada Olympic gold medalists for Canada Snowboarders at the 1998 Winter Olympics Snowboarders at the 2002 Winter Olympics Snowboarders at the 2006 Winter Olympics Snowboarders at the 2010 Winter Olympics Snowboarders at the 2014 Winter Olympics Snowboarders at the 2018 Winter Olympics 1975 births Living people Anglophone Quebec people Sportspeople from Laurentides Olympic medalists in snowboarding Medalists at the 2010 Winter Olympics Farmers from Quebec