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Brady Leman (born October 16, 1986) is a Canadian freestyle skier specializing in ski cross, and the reigning Olympic champion in that discipline following his victory in the ski cross event at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

Brady Leman

Personal information
Nickname(s)	Wombat[1]
Nationality	Canadian
Born	(1986-10-16) October 16, 1986 (age 35) Calgary, Alberta[2]
Height	190 cm (6 ft 3 in)[2]
Weight	92 kg (203 lb)[2]
Sport
Country	Canada
Sport	Freestyle skiing
Event(s)	Ski Cross
Team	Canada Ski Cross
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals	2 (Sochi 2014, Pyeongchang 2018)
Medal record Men's freestyle skiing Representing  Canada Winter Olympic Games 2018 Pyeongchang Ski cross World Championships 2019 Utah Ski cross Winter X Games 2016 Aspen Ski cross 2010 Aspen Ski cross

Career

He won the opening event in the 2011–12 season after coming back from multiple injuries, and then went on to finish the year as the second overall ranked male ski cross racer for the year.[3] Leman, a former alpine skier, is noted for his smooth gliding and crisp passing skills. He was part of a Canadian sweep of the medals at the 2010 Winter X Games where he finished in third place.[4] Brady Leman skis for Elan as well as the Lake Louise Ski Resort. He also won the 2016 X-Games Skier X event.

A medal favourite at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, Leman was unable to compete after a crash in a training run left him with a broken leg.

Brady previously finished fourth in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia after crashing in the final bank.

2018 Winter Olympics

After dropping a ski pole in his seeding run, Leman still managed to qualify in the 8th position. Leman was dominant through the heats on race day and won one of Canada's 11 gold medals at the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games. Canadian teammate Kevin Drury also raced in the Men's Big Final, but crashed after making contact with Sergey Ridzik of Russia and finished fourth. After finishing fourth at Sochi in 2014, Leman leapt to the top of podium in Pyeongchang. After the race he said of all his difficulties in Vancouver and Sochi that "This blows them [Sochi and Vancouver] out of the water. I broke my leg the day before competition in Vancouver and then just missing the podium in Sochi was kind of bittersweet. Fourth at the Games is a big accomplishment, but at the same time you're the first guy who doesn't get a medal. It's been a rocky road for me at the Olympics. Now, that doesn't matter and I'd do it all over again if it meant a gold medal."[1]

References

External links

• Brady Leman at the International Ski Federation
• Brady Leman at the International Olympic Committee
• Brady Leman at the Canadian Olympic Committee
• Brady Leman at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• Brady Leman at the X Games

На других языках

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- [en] Brady Leman

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[fr] Brady Leman

Brady Leman, né le 16 octobre 1986 à Calgary, est un skieur acrobatique canadien spécialisé dans les épreuves de skicross.

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[it] Brady Leman

Brady Leman (Calgary, 16 ottobre 1986) è uno sciatore freestyle ed ex sciatore alpino canadese, campione olimpico nello ski cross a Pyeongchang 2018.

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