Han Xiaopeng (; born December 13, 1983, in Pei,

Xuzhou Xuzhou ( zh, s=徐州), also known as Pengcheng () in ancient times, is a major city in northwestern Jiangsu province, China. The city, with a recorded population of 9,083,790 at the 2020 Chinese census, 2020 census (3,135,660 of which lived in ...

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) is a

freestyle skier 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 ...

who competed at the

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, and won gold in the men's aerials event. In this discipline he also won the

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in 2007. Han is the first Chinese male athlete to ever win a gold medal at the

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* * * 1983 births Living people Freestyle skiers at the 2002 Winter Olympics Freestyle skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics Freestyle skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Xuzhou Chinese male freestyle skiers Olympic freestyle skiers for China Olympic gold medalists for China Olympic medalists in freestyle skiing Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics Asian Games medalists in freestyle skiing Freestyle skiers at the 2007 Asian Winter Games Asian Games gold medalists for China Medalists at the 2007 Asian Winter Games Skiers from Jiangsu {{PRChina-freestyle-skiing-bio-stub