Jennifer Heil was born on April 11,1983 and is a Canadian freestyle skier from Spruce Grove, Alberta.
24 Facts About Jennifer Heil
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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 Canada's first medal in those games.
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Jennifer Heil has three world championship titles in total and two silver medals from the Worlds as well.
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Over her career, Heil has won a record-tying five overall FIS World Cup Crystal Globe titles for freestyle skiing.
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Jennifer Heil is involved with several charitable organisations including Because I am a Girl and Right to Play.
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Jennifer Heil speaks to students across Canada along a theme of Dare to Dream, and hosts an annual "girls only" mogul skiing camp.
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B2ten, created with the help of Jennifer Heil, is a privately run business model organisation with the intent of raising funds to support amateur Canadian athletes.
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Jennifer 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.
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Jennifer Heil then won the first gold medal for Canada in the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.
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Jennifer Heil took part in extensive experimental training in order to prepare for the Olympic Games.
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Jennifer Heil worked with one of Canada's leading sports psychologists, a strength trainer, and an athletic therapist daily.
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Jennifer Heil took the 2008 season off in order to help heal her injured knees.
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Jennifer Heil opted out of the last event before the games to give her fellow countrymen an opportunity to qualify for the games.
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Jennifer Heil finished the qualification in second place, meaning she ran second-to-last in the final.
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Jennifer Heil sat, watched, and waited as Hannah Kearney of the US had her final run.
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Jennifer Heil was visibly distraught as many including herself expected her to win the gold medal.
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Jennifer Heil had gone into the event as the reigning Olympic champion and favourite not only to win the gold, but Canada's first gold medal during a Canadian hosted Olympics ever.
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The next day Jennifer Heil was seen on television celebrating her silver medal.
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Jennifer Heil went on to say that she did not lose the gold but won the silver medal and was celebrating on stage at the medal ceremony.
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Jennifer Heil said that she wants to win a third world championship next year in 2011, following that she would like to get on with her post-mogul career.
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Jennifer Heil stated that she plans to continue her work in philanthropy.
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Jennifer Heil is a management and political science student at Desautels Faculty of Management of McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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Jennifer Heil is involved in several charities including Right to Play, a sports-based humanitarian agency, and Plan Canada's Because I am a Girl, a program that promotes girls' rights internationally.
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Jennifer Heil has stated that she wishes to continue her efforts in these charities following her retirement.