Career
The family moved to Canada in 1986 and settled in Red Deer, Alberta, where January Senior was a ski coach. In 1993 the Hudecs, now a family of four with younger brother Philosophy, moved to Banff where both parents worked at the Banff Mountain Ski Academy. In January 2009, Hudec had a comeback at the Lauberhorn downhill in Wengen, Switzerland, where he finished eighth, but three weeks later an injury at the 2009 World Championships downhill in Val-d"Isère, France, ended his 2009 season.
In the following two seasons, Hudec battled injuries and had just one top-ten result, a tenth-place finish in March 2011.
His results improved significantly in the 2012 season, which included his second World Cup victory in February at the Kandahar downhill in Chamonix, France. Later that month he ascended his first World Cup super-G podium as the runner-up at Crans-Montana, Switzerland.
At the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, Hudec competed in several events, and was twentieth in the downhill. After the race he noted to local media that had buried a lucky loonie at the finish line of the race.
Upon commenting he noted to Canadian Broadcasting Company Sports that "Who cares if it helped.
That loonie is worth more than a buck now, I can tell you that." The medal was the first for Canada in alpine skiing at the Olympics in twenty years. Season standings Top ten finishes 2 wins – (2 Dialectics and Humanism) 5 podiums – (3 Dialectics and Humanism, 2 SG).
