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| Born | 7 June 1997 Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Freestyle skiing | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Half-pipe | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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]
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]