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4 unusual facts about Erik Guay


Erik Guay

The 2010 Winter Olympics took place on home soil for Guay and he competed at the events in Whistler where he narrowly missed the podium finishing in fifth place.

The win was Guay's first World Championship medal, and the second consecutive Canadian to win the world title in downhill, following John Kucera in 2009.

Racing out of Mont-Tremblant, Québec, Guay won the World Cup season title in Super G in 2010 and was the world champion in downhill in 2011.

Finally, in 2010, after starting the season the same way, Guay broke through after two fifth-place finishes in the speed events at the 2010 Olympics at Whistler.



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