Gregory Baxter

Gregory Baxter ( born September 4, 1989 in Calgary ) is a former Canadian ski jumper.

Baxter competed in the Junior World Championships in 2002 in Schonach first time in an international competition. After that he took part in several years with moderate success at the Continental Cup (COC ) and other junior world championships. In summer 2005, he qualified for several jumping Summer Grand Prix, there could never reach the second round. In the winter of 2005/ 06 he tried several times unsuccessfully to qualify for World Cup competitions. On January 29, 2006, however, he succeeded in Zakopane for the first time the qualification and he finished in 44th place of the competition. A week later he won the tenth place in Kranj his best result at the Junior World Championships. Then he went to at the Olympic Winter Games 2006 in Turin, where he failed in the two individual competitions at the qualification round. The Canadian team, of which he was in 15th. In the summer of 2006 he went to both COC- jumping and the Grand Prix. In the winter of 2006/ 07 he competed in several Continental Cup, where he mostly fought for a place in the second round. In February 2007 he took part in the Nordic World Ski Championships 2007 in Sapporo, where he finished in 42nd place on the large hill and the team finished 12th. At the Summer Grand Prix 2007, he was able to gather for the first time with two 16th places in Hakuba points in a first-class jump series. In the winter of 2007/ 08 he joined again in the COC, with a 15th place his best result of the season was. After he failed Prix jumping in August 2008 in the qualifiers for multiple Grand, in September 2008 he had a traffic accident with an off-road vehicle, said his ankle was badly injured. Because of the accident, he then had to end his career ..