Erik Guay

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Erik Guay (born August 5, 1981 in Montreal) is a Canadian alpine skier from Mont-Tremblant, Quebec and is reported to ski at Mont Tremblant at Tremblant, Quebec.

In Guay's best events, Super-G and downhill, he has finished in the top three in a number of World Cup races. He finished in second twice in 2005-06 in the Super-G and third once in downhill. In 2003, he finished 2nd in downhill once.

At the 2006 Winter Olympics, Guay who suffered an injury two weeks before the olympic games had to forfeit the downhill but finished in fourth place in the Super-G event.

On February 24, 2007 he won the World Cup Men's Downhill race at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. He was the first Canadian to win a World Cup Men's downhill race since 1994 (first in 13 years), and the first man ever from Québec. Guay's performance in the downhill discipline over the 2006-2007 season was sufficient to place him in third position in the World Cup standings at season end.