Damon Hayler (born 6 July 1976) is an Australian

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er, competing in the snowboard cross. He competed in the

2006 Winter Olympics The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially the XX Olympic Winter Games ( it, XX Giochi olimpici invernali) and also known as Torino 2006, were a winter multi-sport event held from 10 to 26 February 2006 in Turin, Italy. This marked the second t ...

and was rated as a medal chance. He placed only 28th out of 36 competitors in the first qualifying run, but improved to 12th in the second. This was enough to make the 1/8 final, where he finished first. He came second in his quarterfinal, but was then disqualified in the semifinals. He then came third in the small final and was sevenths out of 36 competitors overall.

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