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[[Image:Erik Guay.jpg|thumb|Erik Guay.]] |
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'''Erik Guay''' (born August 5, 1981) is a [[Canada|Canadian]] [[alpine skiing|alpine skier]] from [[Mont-Tremblant, Quebec]]. Guay is best known for his strong finish to the [[2010 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2010 World Cup season]], during which he won the discipline trophy in [[Super Giant Slalom skiing|Super G]]. |
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== Career == |
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Guay was five when he competed in his first ski race, and when he was twelve his father, himself a ski team coach, took him for professional coaching. |
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In Guay's best events, the speed events of [[Super-G]] and [[downhill]], he has finished in the top three in 13 World Cup races through the end of the 2010 season. In [[2003 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2003]], he finished 2nd in a downhill at [[Lake Louise]], his first podium. He finished in second twice in 2005 in the Super-G and third once in downhill. At the [[2006 Winter Olympics]], Guay, who suffered an injury two weeks before the [[Olympic Games]], had to withdraw from the downhill but finished in fourth place in the Super-G. On February 24, 2007 he won the World Cup downhill race at [[Garmisch-Partenkirchen]], Germany.<ref name=fis>{{FIS|S=AL|ID=22072}}</ref> He was the first Canadian to win a World Cup men's downhill race since 1994, and the first man ever from Québec. Guay's performance in the downhill discipline over the [[2007 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2007 season]] was sufficient to place him in third position in the World Cup discipline standings at season end. |
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In [[2009 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2009]], Guay achieved ten top-10 finishes in World Cup speed events but reached only one podium, a third. Finally, in [[2010 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2010]], after starting the season the same way, Guay broke through after the disappointment of two fifth-place finishes in the speed events at the [[2010 Winter Olympics|2010 Vancouver Olympics]].<ref name="ecstatic">{{cite web|url=http://www.vancouversun.com/sports/Canada+Guay+completely+ecstatic+winning+season+World+super+title/2672052/story.html |title=Canada’s Erik Guay ‘completely ecstatic’ winning season’s World Cup super G title |author=Gary Kingston |publisher=''[[Vancouver Sun]]'' |date=2010-03-11}}</ref> He achieved three straight podiums during March, including wins in the last two Super G races of the season, which enabled him to come from far behind and win the [[2010 Alpine Skiing World Cup|World Cup]] discipline trophy in Super G.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/12/sports/12iht-SKI.html |title=Guay Continues His Late Surge to Seize the Super-G World Cup |author=[[Associated Press]] |date=2010-03-11 |publisher=''[[New York Times]]'' |accessdate=2010-03-11}}</ref> Guay became the first Canadian man to win a crystal globe for a discipline title since [[Steve Podborski]] in [[1982 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1982]].<ref name="ecstatic" /> |
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==World Cup victories== |
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===Season titles=== |
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! '''Season''' |
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! '''Discipline''' |
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| [[2010 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2010]] || Super G |
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===Individual victories=== |
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3 total wins |
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(1 downhill, 2 Super-G) |
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!Date||Location||Race |
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|24 February [[2007 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2007]] || {{flagicon|GER}} [[Garmisch-Partenkirchen|Garmisch]] || Downhill |
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|7 March [[2010 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2010]] || {{flagicon|Norway}} [[Kvitfjell]] || Super-G |
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|11 March [[2010 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2010]] || {{flagicon|GER}} [[Garmisch-Partenkirchen|Garmisch]] || Super-G |
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==References== |
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{{Reflist}} |
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{{Refimprove|date=February 2010}} |
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==External links== |
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*[http://www.erikguay.com Official website] |
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[[Category:1981 births]] |
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[[Category:Living people]] |
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[[Category:Canadian alpine skiers]] |
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[[Category:Sportspeople from Quebec]] |
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[[Category:Alpine skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics]] |
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[[Category:Alpine skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics]] |
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[[Category:Olympic alpine skiers of Canada]] |
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Revision as of 17:24, 7 April 2010
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