Brendan Mackay

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Brendan Mackay
Personal information
Born (1997-06-07) 7 June 1997 (age 28)
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Sport
CountryFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Sport Freestyle skiing
Event
Half-pipe
Medal record
Men's freestyle skiing
Representing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2026 Milano Cortina Halfpipe
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Bakuriani Halfpipe
Winter X Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2020 Aspen SuperPipe

Brendan Mackay (born 7 June 1997) is a Canadian freestyle skier who competes internationally in the half-pipe discipline. [1] [2] At the 2026 Winter Olympics, he won a bronze medal in halfpipe. 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 2 "Brendan Mackay". www.freestylecanada.ski/. Freestyle Canada . Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  2. "Brendan Mackay". www.olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee . Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  3. 1 2 "Canada's Brendan Mackay wins men's halfpipe skiing world title". CBC Sports. 4 March 2023. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  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.
  5. 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.
  6. Ewing, Lori (24 January 2022). "Moguls star Kingsbury leads Canada's Beijing Olympic freestyle team". Canadian Press . Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Retrieved 24 January 2022.