Jean-Luc Brassard

Jean-Luc Brassard (born August 24, 1972) is a Canadian freestyle skier who won the gold medal at the 1994 Winter Olympics. Brassard has been credited with popularizing the wearing of bright knee pads to show off absorption and leg position for mogul skiers to best show judges how smoothly the athlete is taking the turns. He was born in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec. In his other Olympic appearances, Brassard placed 7th in 1992, 4th in 1998 and 21st in 2002.^[2]

Jean-Luc Brassard

Personal information
Born	(1972-08-24) August 24, 1972 (age 52) Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec, Canada[1]
Sport
Country	Canada
Sport	Freestyle skiing
Medal record Men's Freestyle skiing Representing  Canada Olympic Games 1994 Lillehammer Moguls FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships 1993 Altenmarkt Moguls 1997 Iizuna Kogen Moguls 1995 La Clusaz Moguls

In 2005 he became the spokesman of Le Massif.

In 2010, Brassard was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame.^[3] In 2012, he was inducted into the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame.^[4]

Brassard served as an assistant chef de mission for Canada at the 2014 Winter Olympics.^[5]

In late 2014, the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) appointed Brassard as chef de mission for Canada at the 2016 Summer Olympics. In October 2015, following the resignation of COC President Marcel Aubut over multiple allegations of sexual harassment of staff, Brassard became vocal about the COC's failure to properly examine the issue when allegations were made in 2008.^[6][7] In April 2016, Brassard resigned as chef de mission, later replaced by Curt Harnett.^[7][8]

Brassard is currently a radio commentator and also the narrator of the French version of the television documentary program How It's Made.

References

1. "Jean-Luc Brassard". September 18, 2011.
2. "Jean-Luc Brassard". Olympedia. Retrieved July 4, 2020.
3. "Canada Sports Hall of Fame | Hall of Famers Search". www.sportshall.ca. Retrieved November 7, 2024.
4. "Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame Inductees Announced". olympic.ca. June 12, 2012. Retrieved February 20, 2019.
5. Campbell, Morgan (April 11, 2016). "Jean-Luc Brassard quits as Canada's chef de mission for Rio Olympics". The Canadian Press. Toronto Star. Retrieved August 9, 2016.
6. "COC accepts resignation of president Marcel Aubut". The Canadian Press. The Globe and Mail. October 3, 2015. Retrieved August 9, 2016.
7. Hall, Vicki (April 13, 2016). "Jean-Luc Brassard says he resigned as Olympic chef de mission after he 'spent a lot of energy' challenging COC over Marcel Aubut allegations". National Post. Postmedia Network. Retrieved August 9, 2016.
8. Heroux, David (April 13, 2016). "Curt Harnett 'natural' fit to step in as last-minute chef de mission". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved May 27, 2016.

External links

• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jean-Luc Brassard". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on June 10, 2009.