Jennifer Heil

Jennifer Heil (born April 11, 1983) is a Canadian freestyle skier. She won the first gold medal for Canada in the 2006 Winter Olympics games in Turin, Italy. Giving Canada its first victory on the first full day of competition, Heil placed her title in the moguls event.Heil competed in her first Olympics at the 2002 Winter Olympics aged 18, finishing fourth in the moguls, just one-hundredth of a point out of a bronze medal. She took the 2002-03 season off due to injury, and then won the World Cup in 2003-04, 2004-05 and 2005-06. Following the Olympics, Heil completed the season by winning her fourth straight World Cup title.

She has taken the 2008 season off in order to help heal her injured knees.

Her height is 162 centimetres (5'4") and her weight is 55 kilograms (121 pounds). Heil was born in Edmonton, Alberta and started skiing at age 2.

Jennifer Heil took part in extensive experimental training in order to prepare for the Olympic Games. She worked with one of Canada's leading sports psychologists, a strength trainer and an athletic therapist daily.Fact|date=August 2008

Jennifer Heil is currently a student at Desautels Faculty of Management of McGill University in Montreal, Canada.

External links

* [http://www.jenniferheil.com/ JenniferHeil.com] – Official website
* [http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/athletes/athletesnamebio.shtml?jennifer_heil.html CBC Bio]
* [http://www.nbcolympics.com/athletes/5058566/detail.html?ib_oll=Headline NBC Olympics Bio]
* [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20060210/torino_heil_moguls_050211/20060211?s_name=torino2006 Freestyle skier Heil wins Canada's first gold]
* [http://www.tsn.ca/olympics/feature/?fid=307&hubname= TSN article]
* [http://www.realchampions.ca/athletes/jennifer Jennifer Heil on Real Champions]