Brendan Mackay
Canadian freestyle skier
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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] 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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| Born | 7 June 1997 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Freestyle skiing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Half-pipe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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]
