{{short description|American freestyle skier}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2021}} {{MedalTableTop}} {{MedalSport|Women's Freestyle skiing}} {{MedalCountry| the {{USA}} }} {{MedalCompetition| FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships}} {{MedalSilver| 2011 Deer Valley|Halfpipe}} {{MedalBronze| 2009 Inawashiro|Halfpipe}} {{MedalCompetition| Winter X Games}} {{MedalGold|2010 Aspen |Superpipe}} {{MedalSilver|2009 Aspen |Superpipe}} {{MedalBronze|2007 Aspen |Superpipe}} {{MedalBronze|2008 Aspen |Superpipe}} {{MedalCompetition | New Zealand Winter Games}} {{MedalSilver| 2011 Cardrona |Halfpipe}} {{MedalSilver| 2011 Cardrona |Big Air}} {{MedalBottom}}
'''Jennifer Hudak''' (born September 7, 1986) is an American freestyle skier,{{r|fis}} specializing in the halfpipe event. Her professional skiing career began in 2004, when she won the US Free Skiing Open.{{citation needed|date=January 2017}} In 2005 and 2006, Hudak won the Junior National and U.S. National Halfpipe Championship, respectively.{{citation needed|date=January 2017}} She tore her ACL in 2012.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jen Hudak|url=http://usfreeskiing.com/athletes/jen-hudak|website=U.S. Freeskiing}}</ref> Hudak graduated in 2017 from the University of Utah with her bachelor's degree in psychology.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jen Hudak|url=https://escapod-trailers.com/author/jenhudak/|website=Escapod-Trailers|access-date=26 September 2017|archive-date=September 26, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170926100712/https://escapod-trailers.com/author/jenhudak/|url-status=dead}}</ref> She is the daughter of computer scientist Paul Hudak.
== Television == Hudak appeared on the 30th season of ''The Amazing Race'' with teammate Kristi Leskinen<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.heraldstandard.com/new_today/pro-skier-from-uniontown-will-compete-in-cbs-the-amazing/article_3652fd94-4727-5886-9e38-c9ee73e20142.html|title=Pro skier from Uniontown will compete in CBS' 'The Amazing Race'|last=Choiniere|first=Alyssa|work=heraldstandard.com|access-date=2017-12-14|language=en}}</ref> where they finished in third place.
== References ==
<references> <ref name=fis>[https://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/athlete-biography.html?sector=FS&listid=&competitorid=83415&type=result Athlete: Hudak Jennifer]. Fédération Internationale de Ski. Accessed January 2017.</ref> </references>
==External links== * [http://www.jenhudak.com Official Website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091031002710/http://www.jenhudak.com/ |date=October 31, 2009 }}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hudak, Jen}} Category:1986 births Category:Living people Category:American female freestyle skiers Category:X Games competitors Category:Sportspeople from Hamden, Connecticut Category:Sportspeople from Connecticut Category:Sportspeople from Utah Category:University of Utah alumni Category:Participants in American reality television series Category:The Amazing Race contestants Category:21st-century American women
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