Brendan_Mackay

Brendan Mackay

Brendan Mackay

Canadian freestyle skier

For similarly named people, see Brendan McKay (disambiguation).

Brendan Mackay (born 7 June 1997) is a Canadian freestyle skier who competes internationally in the half-pipe discipline.[1][2] He won the gold medal in the event at the 2023 freestyle skiing world championships.[3]

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Career

Mackay has been part of the national team since 2015.[1]

During the 2021–22 World Cup Season, Mackay won medals in all three events: bronze in Copper Mountain followed by back-to-back gold medals in Calgary, leading him to finish first in the overall halfpipe standings.[4]

On January 24, 2022, Mackay was named to Canada's 2022 Olympic team in the halfpipe event.[5][6]

In 2023 he won the men's half-pipe gold medal at the freestyle skiing world championships in Bakuriani, Georgia.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    "Brendan Mackay". www.freestylecanada.ski/. Freestyle Canada. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
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    "Brendan Mackay". www.olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  3. [3]
    "Canada's Brendan Mackay wins men's halfpipe skiing world title". CBC Sports. 4 March 2023. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  4. [4]
    Haynes, Darren (31 December 2021). "Canadian freestyle skier Brendan Mackay wins World Cup halfpipe gold". Canadian Press. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
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    Nichols, Paula (24 January 2022). "Team Canada adds 24 freestyle skiers to the roster for Beijing 2022". www.olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 2022-01-29. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
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    Ewing, Lori (24 January 2022). "Moguls star Kingsbury leads Canada's Beijing Olympic freestyle team". Canadian Press. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Retrieved 24 January 2022.


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