Stanley Hayer ( cs, Stanislav Hujer, born July 19, 1973 in

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freestyle skier Freestyle skiing is a skiing discipline comprising aerials, moguls, cross, half-pipe, slopestyle and big air as part of the Winter Olympics. It can consist of a skier performing aerial flips and spins and can include skiers sliding rails and ...

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descent who currently resides in

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. Stanley Hayer is a member of the Canadian national

ski cross Ski cross is a skiing competition which incorporates terrain features traditionally found in freestyle skiing with courses which include big-air jumps and high-banked turns. In spite of the fact that it is a timed racing event, it is often cons ...

team. Hayer moved over to the

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to ski with their team in the early part of the 2000s after disagreements with the Canadian National program. He would win a silver in the Czech nationals and go on to win a silver in the 2007 FIS World Championships. Hayer went back to the Canadian ski cross team for the start of the 2007-08 season with the

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taking place in Canada. Hayer won the gold medal at the 2009 Winter X-Games having won silver at the 2008 X-Games the year before. Hayer was a member of the Canadian team going to the

in Vancouver. He was 10th in qualification and advanced to the elimination round. He finished second in his heat in the 1/8 round, and continued to the quarterfinals, where he finished last in his heat and was eliminated. Hayer became the head coach of the Canadian ski cross team in 2015. In 2019, Hayer won a Petro-Canada Coaching Excellence Award.

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National Team Profile

Canadian male freestyle skiers Freestyle skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Olympic freestyle skiers for Canada Czech male alpine skiers Canadian male alpine skiers Alpine skiers at the 2002 Winter Olympics Olympic alpine skiers for the Czech Republic Canadian people of Czech descent 1973 births Living people X Games athletes Czech male freestyle skiers {{Canada-freestyle-skiing-bio-stub