 Guay in February 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | (1981-08-05)August 5, 1981 (age 43) Montreal,Quebec, Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Alpine skier | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Skiing career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disciplines | Downhill,super-G | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Mont-Tremblant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Cup debut | December 10,2000(age 19) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | November 2018(age 37) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | erikguay.com | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Olympics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Teams | 3 – (2006,2010,2014) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medals | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Championships | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Teams | 6 –(2003–17) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medals | 3 (2 gold) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Cup | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Seasons | 15 – (2003–14,2016–18) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins | 5 – (3DH, 2SG) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Podiums | 25 – (17DH, 8SG) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Overall titles | 0 –(12th in2007) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline titles | 1 – (SG,2010) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Erik Guay (/ɡeɪ/) (born August 5, 1981) is a Canadian formerWorld Cupalpine ski racer. Racing out ofMont-Tremblant, Quebec, Guay won the World Cup season title insuper-G in2010 and was theworld champion indownhill in2011, as well as in thesuper-G in2017. With 25 World Cup podiums, he is the career leader for Canada.[1][2]
Born inMontreal,[3] 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.[4]
His first podium came in November2003, when he finished 2nd in a downhill atLake Louise. He finished in second twice in 2005 in the super-G and third once in downhill. Guay suffered an injury two weeks before the2006 Winter Olympics, and withdrew from thedownhill but finished in fourth place in thesuper-G, missing the podium by a tenth of a second.[2][5]
He won his first World Cup race the following season atGarmisch, Germany.[5] He was the first Canadian to win a World Cup men's downhill race since 1994, and the first man ever fromQuébec. Guay's performance in alpine skiing over the2007 season was enough to place him in third position in the final world cup standings.[6] In2009, Guay achieved ten top-20 finishes in World Cup speed events but reached only one podium, a third.[6]
The2010 Winter Olympics took place on home soil for Guay and he competed in three events inWhistler, where he narrowly missed the podium finishing in fifth place twice.[7] Following the games, 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 behind to win the discipline trophy in super-G in2010 Alpine Skiing World Cup.[8] Guay became the first Canadian man to win a crystal globe for a discipline title sinceSteve Podborski in1982.[7]
Guay struggled with knee issues during the2011 season, forcing him to miss events at bothKitzbühel andWengen. During the2011 World Championships atGarmisch, Guay won thedownhill after not finishing the super-G earlier in the week. The win was Guay's onlyWorld Championship medal, and the second consecutive Canadian to win the world title in downhill, followingJohn Kucera in2009.
Guay continued to find the podium during the2014 season. His victory atVal Gardena in December was his fourth and the twentieth World Cup podium of his career,[9] tying him withSteve Podborski as Canada's all-time leader. A week later he took third atBormio to take the career lead.[1][10] This boosted Guay's hopes of achieving his dream of winning an Olympic medal. Going intoSochi, Guay stated, "I won't be satisfied if I don't walk away with a medal."[1] An injury though threatened his ability to perform at his peak after suffering a slightmeniscus tear earlier in January.[1] He finished tenth in thedownhill and missed a late gate in thesuper-G and was disqualified. The following week, he won a downhill atKvitfjell, Norway.[11] Guay missed all of the2015 season recovering from his sixth knee surgery.[12]
At the2017 World Championships inSt. Moritz, Guay won thesuper-G event. At 35, Guay became the oldest World Champion ever, replacing incumbent super-G championHannes Reichelt.[13] That weekend, Guay also placed second in thedownhill event.[14]
Guay was unable to participate in thealpine skiing events at the 2018 Winter Olympics inPyeongchang because of a back injury.[2]
Hours before Guay was supposed to compete at Lake Louise in November2018, he decided to retire from the sport after his teammateManuel Osborne-Paradis suffered a violent crash. He had already planned to retire after the end of the season but hastened his departure after hearing that Osborne-Paradis had needed an emergency airlift.[2]
Guay and his wife Karen have four daughters and they live inMont-Tremblant.
He is of Norwegian descent through one grandmother.[15]Since 2009, Erik Guay has been part of theTremblant athletes ambassadors program.
| Season | Discipline |
|---|---|
| 2010 | Super-G |
| Season | Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant slalom | Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 21 | 79 | — | — | 32 | 37 | — |
| 2004 | 22 | 55 | — | — | 24 | 28 | — |
| 2005 | 23 | 25 | — | — | 15 | 14 | 19 |
| 2006 | 24 | 18 | — | 47 | 6 | 11 | — |
| 2007 | 25 | 12 | — | 49 | 10 | 3 | — |
| 2008 | 26 | 18 | — | 41 | 6 | 12 | — |
| 2009 | 27 | 22 | — | — | 12 | 6 | — |
| 2010 | 28 | 13 | — | — | 1 | 13 | — |
| 2011 | 29 | 26 | — | — | 13 | 14 | — |
| 2012 | 30 | 19 | — | — | 12 | 7 | — |
| 2013 | 31 | 18 | — | — | 11 | 6 | — |
| 2014 | 32 | 13 | — | — | 21 | 3 | — |
| 2015 | 33 | injured, out for season | |||||
| 2016 | 34 | 26 | — | — | 20 | 13 | — |
| 2017 | 35 | 14 | — | — | 9 | 5 | — |
| 2018 | 36 | 116 | — | — | 36 | — | — |
| Season | Date | Location | Discipline | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 29 Nov 2003 |  Lake Louise, Canada | Downhill | 2nd |
| 2006 | 1 Dec 2005 |  Beaver Creek, USA | Super-G | 2nd |
| 16 Dec 2005 |  Val Gardena, Italy | Super-G | 2nd | |
| 17 Dec 2005 | Downhill | 3rd | ||
| 2007 | 20 Jan 2007 |  Val d'Isère, France | Downhill | 2nd |
| 23 Feb 2007 |  Garmisch, Germany | Downhill | 3rd | |
| 24 Feb 2007 | Downhill | 1st | ||
| 10 Mar 2007 |  Kvitfjell, Norway | Downhill | 2nd | |
| 15 Mar 2007 |  Lenzerheide, Switzerland | Super-G | 3rd | |
| 2009 | 5 Dec 2008 | Beaver Creek, USA | Downhill | 3rd |
| 2010 | 7 Mar 2010 | Kvitfjell, Norway | Super-G | 1st |
| 10 Mar 2010 | Garmisch, Germany | Downhill | 3rd | |
| 11 Mar 2010 | Super-G | 1st | ||
| 2011 | 17 Dec 2010 | Val Gardena, Italy | Super-G | 3rd |
| 11 Mar 2011 | Kvitfjell, Norway | Downhill | 2nd | |
| 2012 | 28 Jan 2012 | Garmisch, Germany | Downhill | 2nd |
| 4 Feb 2012 | Chamonix, France | Downhill | 3rd | |
| 2013 | 15 Dec 2012 | Val Gardena, Italy | Downhill | 3rd |
| 26 Jan 2013 |  Kitzbühel, Austria | Downhill | 2nd | |
| 2014 | 21 Dec 2013 | Val Gardena, Italy | Downhill | 1st |
| 29 Dec 2013 | Bormio, Italy | Downhill | 3rd | |
| 1 Mar 2014 | Kvitfjell, Norway | Downhill | 1st | |
| 2016 | 16 Mar 2016 | St. Moritz, Switzerland | Downhill | 3rd |
| 2017 | 16 Dec 2016 | Val Gardena, Italy | Super-G | 3rd |
| Year | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom | Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
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| 2003 | 21 | — | — | 6 | 6 | 17 |
| 2005 | 23 | — | — | 19 | 22 | DNS |
| 2007 | 25 | — | — | 6 | 4 | — |
| 2009 | 27 | — | — | 19 | DNF | — |
| 2011 | 29 | — | — | DNF | 1 | — |
| 2013 | 31 | — | — | 23 | DSQ | — |
| 2015 | 33 | injured, out for season | ||||
| 2017 | 35 | — | — | 1 | 2 | — |
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