Mike Janyk

Canada

Mike’s Bio

Mike Janyk

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Sports have always been a huge part of my life. I grew up in West Vancouver where I competed in tennis, soccer, baseball, and of course spend a lot of time in Whistler playing on the mountain with my family. At the age of 13 I moved up to Whistler so my sister and I could pursue our skiing careers more seriously. This made it easier to skip school to go train on Thursday and Friday, haha.

My move up to Whistler was when I started to spend more time on the mountain then off and begin to have dreams of becoming an Olympian and World Cup ski racer. I moved my way through the whistler mountain ski club, to the BC ski team, the Canadian development ski team in 2000, and then on to the World Cup circuit.

I currently live in Vancouver although I’m always making the short drive up to Whistler for some to hit up some Mt. Biking, hiking, to hit the lakes, and overall to relax out of the city. But mostly I spend my days traveling on the road with the ski team. My life is lived out of two big duffle bags from hotel to hotel… for now it’s a great life!

More About Mike

Mike's favourite movies

- Ace Ventura
- For the Love of the Game
- Shawshank Redemption

Mike's favourite food

Anything that is cooked for me

Mike's something he'd never change

My address from whistler

Mike's favourite car

I would love to have a BMW 850 but a Ferrari would do!

Mike's horoscope sign

Aries

Mike's nickname

Seagull, cus I steal all my teammate's food

Mike's siblings

1 older sister, 1 younger sister

If Mike weren't a skier, he would be ...

In another life I’d love to be a baseball player. Maybe after I retire for skiing. haha

Mike's favourite start number

As early as possible