- Erik Guay
Erik Guay (born
August 5 ,1981 inMontreal ) is a Canadian alpine skier fromMont-Tremblant, Quebec and is reported to ski atMont Tremblant atTremblant, Quebec .In Guay's best events,
Super-G anddownhill , he has finished in the top three in a number of World Cup races. He finished in second twice in 2005-06 in the Super-G and third once in downhill. In 2003, he finished 2nd in downhill once.At the
2006 Winter Olympics , Guay who suffered an injury two weeks before theOlympic Games had to forfeit the downhill but finished in fourth place in the Super-G event.On February 24, 2007 he won the World Cup Men's Downhill race at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. He was the first Canadian to win a World Cup Men's downhill race since 1994 (first in 13 years), and the first man ever from Québec. Guay's performance in the downhill discipline over the 2006-2007 season was sufficient to place him in third position in the World Cup standings at season end.
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