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Freestyle Skiing At The 2002 Winter Olympics
Four freestyle skiing events were held at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, at the venue in Deer Valley. There were both men's and women's competition in both ''aerials'' and ''moguls'' events. In moguls, the athletes ski down a slope littered with moguls (bumps), attempting to get down in as fast a time as possible while also attempting to get points for technique and their two aerial jumps during the course. The aerials events consisted of two jumps, which were judged by air, form and landing. Medal summary Medal table Men’s events Women’s events Participating NOCs Twenty-one nations competed in the freestyle skiing events at Salt Lake City. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * References External linksFreestyle Skiing History: Olympics 1988-2002Results Book – Freestyle skiing {{DEFAULTSORT:Freestyle Skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics 2002 in freestyle skiing Events at the 2002 Winter Olympics 2002 The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deer Valley
Deer Valley is a ski-only resort in the Wasatch Range, located east of Salt Lake City, in Park City, Utah, United States where snowboarding is prohibited. Deer Valley was one of the venues for the 2002 Winter Olympics, hosting the freestyle moguls, aerial, and alpine slalom events. It is expected to host the mogul event for the 2034 Winter Olympics but lost out on hosting the slalom event. Deer Valley also regularly hosts competitions for the International Ski Federation for moguls and aerials, but is not steep enough nor does it have long enough terrain to host events such as the GS, Super G, or Downhill. Resort profile Deer Valley is exclusively for skiers and it emphasizes on upscale accommodations and amenities. Deer Valley appeals to the ski community due to it being one of three resorts in the nation that is ski only. History Mountain development Skiing began at Deer Valley with the Park City Winter Carnivals of the 1930s, and the Works Progress Administration (W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleš Valenta
Aleš Valenta () (born 6 February 1973 in Šumperk, Czechoslovakia) is a former Czech freestyle skier who participated in aerials. On February 19, 2002, he won the Winter Olympics gold medal in the freestyle aerials competition where he succeeded to perform the first triple back flip with five twists in the world. He operates the freestyle skiing centre in the town of Štíty. In December 2007 Valenta won the second The second (symbol: s) is a unit of time derived from the division of the day first into 24 hours, then to 60 minutes, and finally to 60 seconds each (24 × 60 × 60 = 86400). The current and formal definition in the International System of U ... season of StarDance with his professional partner Iva Langerová. References External links * OfficiaWeb site* OfficiaWeb siteon Ales Valenta Acrobat Park *Profile on Czech Olympic Committee's Web site 1973 births Freestyle skiers at the 1998 Winter Olympics Freestyle skiers at the 2002 Winter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freestyle Skiing At The 2002 Winter Olympics
Four freestyle skiing events were held at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, at the venue in Deer Valley. There were both men's and women's competition in both ''aerials'' and ''moguls'' events. In moguls, the athletes ski down a slope littered with moguls (bumps), attempting to get down in as fast a time as possible while also attempting to get points for technique and their two aerial jumps during the course. The aerials events consisted of two jumps, which were judged by air, form and landing. Medal summary Medal table Men’s events Women’s events Participating NOCs Twenty-one nations competed in the freestyle skiing events at Salt Lake City. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * References External linksFreestyle Skiing History: Olympics 1988-2002Results Book – Freestyle skiing {{DEFAULTSORT:Freestyle Skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics 2002 in freestyle skiing Events at the 2002 Winter Olympics 2002 The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deidra Dionne
Deidra Dionne (born February 5, 1982) is a Canadian freestyle skier. She was born in North Battleford, Saskatchewan. She won bronze in the 2002 Winter Olympics in freestyle aerial ski"National Sport School Opens" , ''Ski and Snowboard Canada'', October 16, 2003. She also won the bronze medal at the 2001 and 2003 FIS World Freestyle Ski Championships. Her health and career appeared in jeopardy on September 1, 2005; when she had a training accident that injured her neck. She came close to being paralyzed. She had to have surgery where two vertebrae in her neck were fused with a titanium plate. A bone graft needed to be taken from her right hip. Eve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Veronica Brenner
Veronica Brenner (born October 18, 1974) is a Canadian freestyle skier and Olympic medallist. She was born in Scarborough, Ontario. She won the silver medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City Salt Lake City, often shortened to Salt Lake or SLC, is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. It is the county seat of Salt Lake County, the most populous county in the state. The city is the core of the Salt Lake Ci ..., in aerials (freestyle ski jump)."2002 Winter Olympics – Salt Lake City, United States – Alpine Skiing" – ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on March 23, 2008) She finished first in the 1996-1997 World Cup Grand Prix. (Retrieved on Mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alisa Camplin
Alisa Peta Camplin, (born 10 November 1974) is an Australian former Freestyle skiing, aerial skier who won gold at the 2002 Winter Olympics, the second ever winter Olympic gold medal for Australia. At the 2006 Winter Olympics, Camplin finished third to receive a bronze medal. She is the first Skiing in Australia, Australian skier to win medals at consecutive Winter Olympics, making her one of Australia's best skiers. Background Camplin is an ex-gymnast, standing at 157 cm tall. She was educated in Melbourne at the Methodist Ladies' College, Melbourne, Methodist Ladies' College and has a bachelor's degree in information technology from Swinburne University of Technology. As a teenager, Alisa was an accomplished sailor, winning two Australian National Titles in the Hobie Cat catamaran class. Inspired by the example of three-time Olympian Kirstie Marshall, Camplin approached the Olympic Winter Institute of Australia in 1994 to see the possibilities of becoming an aerial skier. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tae Satoya
is a Japanese freestyle skier. She won the Olympic title in the moguls event at the 1998 Winter Olympics, and she finished third at the 2002 games. Olympic career Satoya became the first Japanese woman to earn a gold medal in the Winter Olympics after winning a gold medal in the Moguls event at the 1998 Nagano Olympics. Satoya went on to win a further Bronze medal at the Moguls event in 2002 at Salt Lake City. She also competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics where she finished in 15th place, and finally in the 2010 Olympics where, reportedly suffering from back problems she finished 19th after falling on her last jump. The Japan Times, japantimes.co.jp. Retrieved 13 February 2010. Scandal Satoya was banned by the |
Shannon Bahrke
Shannon Bahrke (born November 7, 1980) is an American Winter Olympics, Olympic freestyle skiing, freestyle skier and entrepreneur. Bahrke was the silver medalist in Mogul skiing, Moguls at the 2002 Winter Olympics held in Salt Lake City and went on to become the 2003 World Cup Champion. She also won the bronze medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. With her bronze medal in 2010, she became the first US women's freestyle skier to win multiple Olympic medals. Bahrke was also the 2009 US National Champion in dual moguls. She has reached the podium twice at the FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships, winning bronze in 2003 and silver in 2007, both in dual moguls. In 2008, she founded Silver Bean Coffee, a Salt Lake City based coffee roasting company. She sold Silver Bean Coffee in 2015 and founded Team Empower Hour, a corporate team-building and inspiration company. Early life and family Bahrke was born in Reno, Nevada, to Dick and Trilla Bahrke and raised in Tahoe City, Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kari Traa
Kari Traa (born 28 January 1974) is a Norwegian former Olympic freestyle skier. She won the Olympic title in the moguls event at the 2002 Winter Olympics The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Salt Lake 2002 (; Gosiute dialect, Gosiute Shoshoni: ''Tit'-so-pi 2002''; ; Shoshoni language, Shoshoni: ''Soónkahni 2002''), were an international wi ..., finished second at the 2006 games, and finished third at the 1998 games. Accomplishments She is four times World Champion, from 2001 (moguls + parallel moguls) and 2003 (moguls + parallel moguls), and has also three silver medals (both moguls and parallel moguls in 1999, and moguls in 2005)."World Freestyle Skiing Champions" – ''hickoksports.com'' (Retrieved on December 27, 2007) She has a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexei Grishin
Aleksei Gennadyevich Grishin (; ; born 18 June 1979) is a Belarusian freestyle skier who competed at five consecutive Olympics from 1998 to 2014. He won Belarus' only medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics, a bronze in aerials. In 2010, he won the first ever Winter Olympics gold medal for his country, again in the aerials. He finished fourth in 2006 and eighth in 1998. He was the Olympic flag bearer for Belarus at the opening ceremony of the 2014 Games. Early career Aleksei Grishin began his freestyle skiing career at the age of eight after his mother saw a newspaper advertisement recruiting skiers for the sport. Grishin made his international competition debut at the European Cup at Raubichi, Belarus in December 1995, finishing 11th on the first day of competition and 21st on the second day. His first podium finish at an international competition, placing second, was at the International Youth Championship in Chatel, France in March 1996. He made his debut at the FIS Freestyle S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Pack
Joe Pack (born April 10, 1978) is an American freestyle skier and Olympic medalist. He received a silver medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, in aerials."2002 Winter Olympics – Salt Lake City, United States – Alpine Skiing" – ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on March 24, 2008) Pack is a Latter-day Saint. He was born in Eugene, Oregon
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