Canadian Olympic Hopefuls – Seeking Victory in 2010

Jeff Pain is aptly named, as he is Canada’s hopeful for next year’s skeleton sled. The skeleton, of course, is a one man sled that hurtles at breakneck speeds down an icy slope, with no braking mechanism or any means of steering other than shifting one’s weight. He is thirty-nine, weighing in at just over one hundred ninety pounds, and stands roughly six feet and three inches tall. He is representing his hometown of Calgary. He is being coached by Willi Schneider. Jennifer Heil is competing in freestyle skiing next year, representing her hometown of Spruce Grove. She is currently residing and training in Montreal with her coach, Murray Cluff. She is twenty-six years old.

Emily Brydon is another of Canada’s Olympic hopefuls, and is competing in downhill, slalom, giant slalom, super-G, and combined skiing. She has just turned thirty, and was born, raised, lives and trains in Fernie, British Columbia. She is training under Coach Heinzpeter Platter. Jasey-Jay Anderson is competing for Canada’s parallel giant slalom on snowboard and snowboardcross. He is twenty-five, was born in Montreal, but currently resides and trains in Mont-Tremblant under Coach Mark Fawcett. He stands five ten and weighs in at one hundred seventy-five pounds.

These are just a few of the Canadian hopefuls that will be competing next year. Canada is allowed to send a certain number of athletes for each type of event – for example, they are allowed sixteen individuals with up to ten women or ten men in the snowboarding category. Not all of these individuals have been announced, but the fact that this group has been profiled so early on shows that they have a lot of potential. If you are going to be watching anyone during Canada’s run in next year’s Olympic games, be sure to keep an eye on this group.