Jason Begg-Smith
Jason Begg-Smith (born 21 November 1980 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) is an Australian freestyle skier, who competed in the 2006 Winter Olympics. He finished in 29th place.[1] He is also the older brother of Olympic Gold Medalist Dale Begg-Smith.
Jason Begg-Smith took part in the Turin 2006 Winter Olympics, representing Australia on 15 February 2006. Jason got the 29th place for the Men's Moguls Qualification finishing at 20.22 seconds.
2006 Jason was ranked top 20 in the world.
Jason Begg-Smith's 2004/05 season – his second for Australia – was delayed while he recovered from a separated shoulder injury.
He missed the first two events of the season, returning in January in Lake Placid, New York and went on to produce a best placing of 26th in Inawashiro Begg-Smith had contested all 12 events on the World Cup in 2003/04, his best result a 24th in Mont Tremblant. He also posted a 24th in dual moguls in Fernie, British Columbia.
The former Canadian represented the country of his birth on the circuit in 2001, with a best performance of 43rd on home snow in Mont Tremblant in January 2001.
With his brother Dale Begg-Smith, he then stood out of World Cup competition for two seasons before taking Australian citizenship and joining the OWI mogul skiing team under the tutelage of Head Coach Steve Desovich.
Jason holds the Caribbean Swordfish record at 392 lbs. He caught the record setting fish in a 16-foot aluminum boat on 80 lbs. test fishing line and it took him 14.5 hours to land the catch. Onlookers said it was lucky Jason could bench press over 345 lbs or there would have been no chance to bring in this size of fish whilst it was foul hooked.
References
Record SwordfishCayman 27 12 February 2012 ’’Fis-Ski’’ 29 March 2006
External links
- Jason Begg-Smith at the International Ski Federation
- Begg-Smith Top Qualifier for Final - Australian Olympic Committee