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Janyk, Britt

  • CA-BC-JB004
  • Personne
  • May 21, 1980 -

Britt Janyk is a retired Canadian alpine skier who specialized in downhill, super G, alpine combined, and giant slalom. She is the daughter of former Whistler councillor and national ski racer Andree Janyk and Bill Janyk, and the brother of World Cup alpine skier Michael Janyk. She also has a sister named Stephanie. She was born in North Vancouver on May 21, 1980. She learned to ski on Whistler Mountain in her early childhood and joined the Whistler Mountain Ski Club as a teenager in 1996, when her family moved there from West Vancouver in 1995. Janyk debuted in the World Cup in 1999. She started out with slalom and giant slalom, but after nearly losing her place on the Canadian National Alpine Ski Team, switched to speed events and excelled. During her career as a skier for Alpine Canada, she scored 18 Top 10 finishes in World Cup Competitions, including two podium finishes in downhill races. Both of these - a first place at Aspen and a third at Lake Louise - came in the 2007/2008 season, during which Janyk placed third overall. Her Olympic debut was at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games in her hometown of Whistler; she received a sixth place finish in the downhill. Janyk retired from professional skiing the following year, but remains active in the sports world. She provided commentary for the 2012/2013 Alpine Skiing World Cup through Eurosport and the 2014 and 2018 Winter Olympic skiing event through the Olympic Broadcasting Service. She has been an ambassador for Right to Play since 2008, a participant in Ski With an Olympian since 2012, as well as a salesperson at Peak Performance and U12 Ski Coach with the Whistler Mountain Ski Club since 2015. She was also a board member of the Kelty Patrick Dennehy Foundation for eight months in 2011/2012.

Hudson, Mike

  • CA-BC-HM015
  • Personne
  • fl. 2000s-

Mike Hudson was a Whistler resident in the 2000s.

Brown, Ian

  • CA-BC-BI002
  • Personne
  • fl. 2010-2015

Ian Brown and his wife, Shelley, were luge officials before, during, and after the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games. They worked at the Sliding Centre and have maintained friendships with several of the competitors and coaches they met during their time there.

Zinsli, Eric

  • Personne
  • [ca. 1986 - 1998]

Decore, Matthew

  • CA-AB-DM001
  • Personne
  • fl. 1970s-

Matthew Decore is a mountain biker and cyclist who lives in Jasper, AB. He competed in the Garibaldi Gruel mountain bike race in Whistler in the 1980s. He is originally from Edmonton, AB and completed an MBA at the University of Alberta. He is now self-employed. He has competed in several Gran Fondo cycling races.

Gallant, Andy

  • CA-BC-GA001
  • Personne
  • fl. 1990s-

Andy Gallant is a musician and hosted the Whistler Music Search in the early 2000s. He has lived in Whistler [in/since?] the 1990s. He grew up in Charlottetown, PEI. He enjoys biking.

Dyson, Gordon

  • CA-BC-DG007
  • Personne
  • fl. 1990s-

Gordon Dyson was the Chef Concierge at the Fairmont Chateau Whistler in the 1990s.

Berrecloth, Darren

  • CA-BC-BD013
  • Personne
  • October 30, 1981

Darren Berrecloth, nicknamed "The Claw," is a professional Canadian freeride mountain biker. Born in Parksville, BC, Darren Berrecloth is famous not only for his success in competitions, but also as a one of the pioneers of the sport of freeride mountain biking. He exploded onto the freeride scene with a third-placed finish at the 2002 Red Bull Rampage, and has been one of the leading riders in the world ever since. He became a professional when he was 20 and was one of the first competitors in Slopestyle mountain biking. In 2005 he placed 2nd in Crankworx Slopestyle in Whistler. In 2010, he placed third at Red Bull Rampage, receiving bronze. In 2013, the X-Games in Munich had its first Slopestyle Mountain Bike event. Darren would place 5th out of the initial 16 riders in the qualifying round. In the finals he placed 4th overall. He created and hosted the yearly Bearclaw Invitational on Mt. Washington until putting it on hiatus after the last competition in 2014, a year he was plagued by injuries. He broke his back in 2011 and had spinal surgery in 2014. As of October 2015, he is part of the Canyon Factory Freeride Team.

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