He owed his nickname "Jungle Jim" to the fact that he climbed stairs in a handstand or performed 100 push-ups (all with just one hand), he prepared himself spiritually for the races - he always had a Bible with him - and was too versed in serious music (Beethoven).
In contrast to his colleagues, who were much more successful in the downhill sections , Hunter also started in the giant slalom and achieved numerous points in this discipline. His first two were with 9th place in the giant slalom in Heavenly Valley on February 27, 1971, and twice in a giant slalom (each on December 8th in Val d'Isère, between 1971 and 1974) he was fourth. He was even more successful in the Alpine Combined , in which he even won a bronze medal at the Winter Olympics in Sapporo (this competition only counted as a world championship). Four years later he was tenth in the downhill at the Olympic Winter Games in Innsbruck .
After his best downhill placement was 4th on December 22, 1973 in Schladming , he achieved 3rd place in the downhill on January 10, 1976 in his last active racing season 1975/76 in Wengen . A serious back injury he suffered in a fall had suffered in the downhill at the Canadian Championships, ended his career prematurely. In the course of this, he had won ten Canadian championship titles (giant slalom 1971, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977; slalom 1975, 1976; combination 1975, 1976, 1977).
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