Doriane Vidal (born 16 April 1976) is a French
snowboarder
Snowboarding is a recreational and competitive activity that involves descending a snow-covered surface while standing on a snowboard that is almost always attached to a rider's feet. It features in the Winter Olympic Games and Winter Paralympi ...
and Olympic medalist. She received a silver medal in ''halfpipe'' at the
2002 Winter Olympics
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in
Salt Lake City
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["2002 Winter Olympics – Salt Lake City, United States – Alpine Skiing"]
– ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on 15 March 2008)
She finished 8th in the ''halfpipe event'' at the
2006 Winter Olympics in
Turin
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References
1976 births
Living people
French female snowboarders
Olympic snowboarders of France
Snowboarders at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Snowboarders at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Snowboarders at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Olympic silver medalists for France
X Games athletes
Olympic medalists in snowboarding
Medalists at the 2002 Winter Olympics
21st-century French women
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