Etobicoke Guardian

Name: Jason Nicholas Burnett

Age: 25

Sport: Trampoline

Etobicoke roots: I moved to Etobicoke (from Nobleton, Ont.) about five years ago

Competition date in London: Aug. 3

Online presence: Twitter @jasonburnett_; Facebook fan page Jason Burnett; Website jasonburnett.ca

Q&A

1. What are you most looking forward to at the Games?

“I am looking forward to seeing my fellow teammates from around the world, and to have the chance to win another Olympic medal for Canada.”

2. What’s your training strategy?

“I have been training, what I believe will be, the most difficult routines of the competition, and working on becoming as consistent as possible.”

3. Reflections on how far you’ve come?

“In July of 2010 I broke my leg very badly and needed a six-month recovery. I was recovered by January of 2011 but I felt like I was starting at zero all over again. In the last year-and-a-half I have done everything possible to get back to the top, and I feel confident that I will be competitive with the worlds best in August.”

4. What would you like to say to the folks back home?

“I want the folks back home to know that Canada has more Olympic trampoline medals than any other country, and we’re aiming to keep that record.”

5. Trivia:

“Won a silver medal at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. I hold world records for the most difficult routines completed in competition (18.8) and in training (20.6). I was Michael Cera’s stunt double in the movie ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’. And I am a philosophy and religion major at the University of Toronto.”