Jennifer Heil
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Heil with her 2010 Winter Olympics silver medal
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| Born |
April 11, 1983 Spruce Grove, Alberta, Canada |
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| Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Cup debut | May 12, 1999 (age 16) |
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| Retired | 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | www |
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| Teams | 3 (2002–2010) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medals | 2 (1 gold) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Teams | 5 (2001, 2005-2011) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medals | 6 (4 gold) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Seasons | 9 (2001–2002, 2004–2007, 2009–2011) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins | 25 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Podiums | 58 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Overall titles | 1 (2007) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline titles | 6 - 5x Moguls (2004-2007, 2010), 1x Dual Moguls (2007) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Jennifer Heil (born April 11, 1983) is a Canadian freestyle skier from Spruce Grove, Alberta. Heil started skiing at age two. Jennifer Heil won the first gold medal for Canada in the 2006 Winter Olympics games in Turin, Italy and a silver medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, which was also Canada's first medal in those games. Heil is the reigning world champion in dual moguls. She has three world championship titles in total and two silver medals from the Worlds as well. Over her career, Heil has won a record-tying five overall FIS World Cup Crystal Globe titles for freestyle skiing.
Heil is involved with several charitable organisations including Because I am a Girl and Right to Play. During the 2010 Winter Olympics, Heil donated $25,000 to Because I am a Girl. Heil also speaks to students across Canada along a theme of Dare to Dream, and hosts an annual "girls only" mogul skiing camp. B2ten, created with the help of Heil, is a privately run business model organisation with the intent of raising funds to support amateur Canadian athletes.
Heil competed in her first Olympics at the 2002 Winter Olympics at the age of 18, finishing fourth in the moguls, just one-hundredth of a point out of a bronze medal. She took the 2002–03 season off due to injury, and then won the World Cup in 2003–04, 2004–05 and 2005–06. Jennifer Heil then won the first gold medal for Canada in the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Giving Canada its first victory on the first full day of competition, Heil placed her title in the moguls event. Following the Olympics, Heil completed the season by winning her fourth straight World Cup title.
Jennifer Heil took part in extensive experimental training in order to prepare for the Olympic Games. She worked with one of Canada's leading sports psychologists, a strength trainer, and an athletic therapist daily. After winning in 2006, Jennifer expressed her desire to build a program that would offer the same kind of support she got to other athletes in Canada. JD Miller and her coach Dominick Gauthier helped her build B2ten who now raised about 3 million dollars and supports 20 athletes from 13 different sports. Heil took the 2008 season off in order to help heal her injured knees. Following that year, Jennifer Heil had a very successful 2008–09 world cup season. This included a silver medal during the stop at Cypress Mountain which was the site of the moguls competition for the 2010 Winter Olympics.
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