Jody & Cory

Jody & Cory
Team Profile
Born:	(1977-01-03) January 3, 1977 (Jody) (1981-04-14) April 14, 1981 (Cory)
Hometown:	Ottawa, Ontario (Jody) Edmonton, Alberta (Cory)
Relation:	Brothers
Occupation:	Retired Army Sniper/Motivational Speaker (Jody) Labour Relations Officer (Cory)
Legs Competed:	10
Legs Won:	3
Placement:	2nd
Average Position:	3.20
RoadblockCount:	Jody: 6 Cory: 6
CountriesRaced:

Jody "Jo" Mitic and Cory Mitic are a team of Brothers on The Amazing Race Canada 1.

They remained in the background for first half of the season both airtime-wise and gameplay-wise, but stepped into the limelight by winning leg 7, and then the two following legs, and were the favorites heading into the finale as the were the only team remaining to have previously won a leg. After trailing for most of the final leg, they arrived at the Final Roadblock minutes after Vanessa & Celina. However, Cory struggled to remember the flowers, allowing Tim & Tim to pass them, leaving the brothers in 2nd place.

Profile

Jody

Age: 36 (Jan 3, 1977)
Hometown: Ottawa, ON
Connection to Teammate: Brother
Current Occupation: Army Sniper (Ret), Motivational Speaker
Nickname: Jo
Place of Birth: Kitchener, ON
Couldn't live without: My motorcycle
Strengths: Military training, race car driving, long range firearms
Fears/Phobias: Eating weird stuff
Favourite travel destination: New Zealand

Cory

Age: 32 (April 14, 1981)
Hometown: Edmonton, AB
Connection to Teammate: Brother
Current Occupation: Labour Relations Officer
Nickname: n/a
Place of Birth: Kitchener, ON
Couldn't live without: Family, friends, and good food
Good luck charm: My good will towards others
Strengths: Conflict resolution, singing, negotiations
Fears/Phobias: Falling, eating strange things
Favourite travel destination: Our old family cottage

Jody was a sniper for the Canadian forces, and while on duty in Afghanistan in 2007, he stepped on a land mine and lost both his legs below the knee. After an extraordinary recovery, Jody was running 5 km charity runs in a little over a year on his new prosthetic feet. "It's obviously going to be a challenge," Jody says of his prosthetics, "but we're going to have to overcome that with determination." Cory was by Jody's side during his recovery and then relocated to Alberta to take a job five years ago. The distance has been hard on the brothers and they're looking forward to re-establishing their strong bond. "We'll rely on each other to get the job done," says Cory. "Our interaction will probably be laced with a lot of bleeps for the viewers at home, and comic relief, also quite a bit of fireworks," says Jody. Within a few months of returning home, Jody was reunited with one of the medics who evacuated him from Afghanistan. The two are now common law partners of five years and have two beautiful girls together. With the birth of his first daughter, Jody vowed to always strive to be a better person, someone his daughter would look up to and be proud to call Dad.

Motto: "They are the enemy and we shall destroy them."
How will they plan to win The Race: Focus, hard work, calculated risk.
Number one roadblock as team: "Being patient and bringing the intensity down a little bit from red line."

The Amazing Race Canada 1

Race History

Jody & Cory's Race History
Episode	Leg	Destination(s)	Detour Choice (underlined)	Roadblock Performer	Placement	Notes
1	1	Ontario → British Columbia	No Detour	Cory	7 of 9	[1]
				Jody
2	2	British Columbia	Draw It / Dance It	Cory	3 of 8
3	3	British Columbia → Alberta	Lump by Lump / Bone by Bone	Jody	5 of 7
4	4	Alberta → Northwest Territories → Yukon	Yukon Supply Run / Klondike Gold Rush	Cory	6 of 7
5	5	Yukon → Saskatchewan	Brawn / Beauty	Jody	4 of 6
6	6	Saskatchewan → Quebec	Sculpt It / Spot It	Cory	2 of 5	[2]
7	7	Quebec → Nunavut	Harpoon Hunter / Igloo Builder	Jody	1 of 5
8	8	Nunavut → Nova Scotia	Surf / Turf	Cory	1 of 4
9	9	Nova Scotia → Newfoundland and Labrador	Tell a Tale / Wag a Tail	Jody	1 of 4
10	10	Newfoundland and Labrador → Ontario	No Detour	Jody	2 of 3	[3]
				Cory
				Average	3.20
Legend:      The team finished in first place      The team finished in last place and was eliminated from the race      The team finished in last place in a non-elimination leg      The team that won The Amazing Race      The team that crossed the Finish Line second      The team that crossed the Finish Line third ϵ The team used the Express Pass somewhere during the leg ⊂ The team used the U-Turn ⊃ Recipient of the U-Turn ⋐ The team that used the second slot of the "Double U-Turn" ⋑ Recipient of a second U-Turn due to the "Double U-Turn" twist
Notes: 1: This leg featured two Roadblocks and no Detour. The team member who sat out the first Roadblock was required to perform the second one. 2: Jody & Cory were tied with Holly & Brett for 2nd place, as they arrived on the mat at exactly the same time.

Post-Race

• In October 2014, Jody was elected to Ottawa City Council.
• Following the Race, Jody also became a public speaker and author, releasing 2 books: Unflinching: The Making of a Canadian Sniper, a memoir chronicling his experience in the military and his recovery following the loss of his legs in Afghanistan, and a second book, Everyday Heroes: Inspirational Stories From Men and Women In the Canadian Armed Forces, a collection of stories from others who served.
  • He was a panelist on the 2017 season of the CBC series, Canada Reads, a debate competition to determine the year's best work by a Canadian author. He defended the futuristic novel Nostalgia by M.G. Vassangi.

Trivia

Canada Records

• Jody & Cory are the first family team to win a leg.
• First team to make it to the final leg.
• First team to finish the race in 2nd Place.

External links

• Jody's Twitter: @JODYMITIC

• Cory's Twitter: @CoryMitic