Jennifer Heil
Ladies Snowboard Cross at Cypress Mountain - February 13th, 2010
SILVER MEDAL - 2010 Olympic Winter Games
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Date of Birth: | April 11, 1983 |
| Birthplace: | Spruce Grove, AB | |
| Hometown: | Spruce Grove, AB | |
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5'4" / 121 lbs | |
| Coach: | Dominick Gauthier | |
| Language Spoken: | English, French | |
| Web Site: | www.jenniferheil.com | |
| Specialty: | Moguls | |
| Pronunciation: | JEN HY-uhl |
| 2010 Jenn Heil won the silver medal at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games, finishing behind American skier Hannah Kearney. Shannon Bahrke, also an American, won the bronze medal. Event Results - Click Here... |
2008-2009
After lingering knee pain kept her away from the World Cup circuit for 20 months, Jenn Heil returned to World Cup competition on December 18, 2008 and won a silver medal at the dual moguls event in Mirabel, France.
2007-2008
Heil took off the 2007-08 World Cup season to rest and recover from prolonged knee pain. She returned to McGill University full-time and completed her second year of commerce studies while doctors tried to determine what was causing the pain in her left knee.
MRIs revealed no problems, but doctors discovered that Heil's right hip alignment was causing the pain. So Heil spent the year rehabilitating her hip and working on her lower body mechanics. She returned to the snow in Whistler in the late spring of 2008 to start preparations for the 2008-09 World Cup season. She spent August 2008 in Argentina training for the upcoming World Cup season.
2006-2007
Heil dominated the moguls events during the 2006-07 World Cup season. After finishing 11th at the first World Cup of the season at Mont Gabriel, Quebec, she completed the season with eight podium finishes including six victories.
Heil won the overall World Cup title in ladies' moguls. At the 2007 World Championship in Madonna di Campiglio she finished second in moguls behind teammate Kristi Richards but won the gold medal in the dual moguls competition.
2005-2006
Heil won Olympic gold on Day 2 of the 2006 Winter Games, finishing with a winning score of 26.50, 0.85 ahead of Norway's defending Olympic champion Kari Traa. Heil's gold was Canada's first of the 2006 Winter Games and the first ever Olympic moguls medal won by a Canadian woman.
Two years earlier, Heil had competed at Turin's freestyle moguls venue (Sauze D'Oulx as it is known on the World Cup circuit) without making it to the podium. During a flower ceremony after her Olympic victory, Heil was introduced as being American before the announcer quickly corrected his mistake.
Heil entered the Olympic year and 2005-06 World Cup season as a two-time defending overall World Cup champion. She competed at seven World Cup events, winning two and finishing on the podium six times prior to the 2006 Winter Games in Turin, Italy. She, along with almost all of her teammates, decided to skip the last World Cup event before the Olympic Winter Games.
After the Games, Heil returned to the World Cup, winning two of the final three competitions and her third consecutive overall World Cup title. She also won the Canadian National Championship in moguls at Apex Mountain in British Columbia.
