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| Born | 7 June 1997 Calgary, Alberta, Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Freestyle skiing | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Half-pipe | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Brendan Mackay (born 7 June 1997) is a Canadian freestyle skier who competes internationally in the half-pipe discipline.[1][2] He won the gold medal in the event at the 2023 freestyle skiing world championships.[3]
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Career
Mackay has been part of the national team since 2015.[1]
During the 2021–22 World Cup Season, Mackay won medals in all three events: bronze in Copper Mountain followed by back-to-back gold medals in Calgary, leading him to finish first in the overall halfpipe standings.[4]
On January 24, 2022, Mackay was named to Canada's 2022 Olympic team in the halfpipe event.[5][6]
In 2023 he won the men's half-pipe gold medal at the freestyle skiing world championships in Bakuriani, Georgia.[3]
References
- ^ a b "Brendan Mackay". www.freestylecanada.ski/. Freestyle Canada. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
- ^ "Brendan Mackay". www.olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
- ^ a b "Canada's Brendan Mackay wins men's halfpipe skiing world title". CBC Sports. 4 March 2023. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ Haynes, Darren (31 December 2021). "Canadian freestyle skier Brendan Mackay wins World Cup halfpipe gold". Canadian Press. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
- ^ Nichols, Paula (24 January 2022). "Team Canada adds 24 freestyle skiers to the roster for Beijing 2022". www.olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 2022-01-29. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
- ^ Ewing, Lori (24 January 2022). "Moguls star Kingsbury leads Canada's Beijing Olympic freestyle team". Canadian Press. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
External links
- Brendan Mackay at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- Brendan Mackay at Team Canada
- Brendan Mackay at the X Games
- Brendan Mackay at Olympics.com
- Brendan Mackay at Olympedia
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