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Marc-André Moreau
Marc-André Moreau (born January 22, 1982, in Chambly, Quebec) is a Canadian freestyle skier. Moreau, a mogulist has placed in the top-3 in World Cup events on three occasions. In 2004, he won a World Cup event in Mont-Tremblant, Quebec, and he picked up a silver medal at the 2005 moguls world championships in Ruka, Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bo .... At the 2006 Winter Olympics, Moreau placed fourth in the Moguls event. External links FIS-Ski.comBiography/Results Canadian male freestyle skiers Skiing people from Quebec People from Chambly, Quebec Sportspeople from Montérégie Living people 1982 births Olympic freestyle skiers for Canada Freestyle skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics {{Canada-freestyle-skiing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freestyle Skiing
Freestyle skiing is a skiing discipline comprising aerials, moguls, cross, half-pipe, slopestyle and big air as part of the Winter Olympics. It can consist of a skier performing aerial flips and spins and can include skiers sliding rails and boxes on their skis. Known as "hot-dogging" in the early 1970s, it is also commonly referred to as freeskiing, jibbing, as well as many other names, around the world. History Ski acrobatics have been practiced since the 1930s. Aerial skiing was popularized in the 1950s by Olympic gold medalist Stein Eriksen. Early US competitions were held in the mid-1960s. In 1969, Waterville Valley Ski Area in New Hampshire, formed the first freestyle instruction program, making the resort the birthplace of freestyle skiing. The following year, Corcoran and Doug Pfeiffer, organized the first National Open Championships of Freestyle Skiing on the Sunnyside trails. In 1971, Waterville Valley Hosted the first Professional Freestyle Skiing Competitio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships
The FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships is the world championship organized by the FIS for freestyle skiing. It was first organized in 1986 and is now held every odd year. Currently, the events included in the world championships are Moguls, Dual Moguls, Aerials, Ski cross, Slopestyle and Half-pipe. Formerly, Acroski and a combined event were held. Host cities * Starting from 2015, it combined with the FIS Snowboard World Championships. Current events Men's events Bold numbers in brackets denotes record number of victories in corresponding disciplines. Moguls Medal table Aerials Medal table Dual moguls Medal table Half-pipe Medal table Ski cross Medal table Slopestyle Medal table Big air Medal table Women's events Bold numbers in brackets denotes record number of victories in corresponding disciplines. Moguls Medal table Aerials Medal table Dual moguls Medal table Half-pipe Medal table Ski cross Medal table S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
