Scott Kneller (born 1989) in central Australia. He is an Australian

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 ...

. He represented Australia at the

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. Competing in the

ski cross Ski cross is a skiing competition which incorporates terrain features traditionally found in freestyle skiing with courses which include big-air jumps and high-banked turns. In spite of the fact that it is a timed racing event, it is often con ...

, he came seventh. He came second in his 1/8 final, and then in his 1/4 final to qualify for the semifinals. In each race there are four competitors and the top two progress. He then came third in the semi-final and third in the Small Final, for those eliminated in the semifinals. He competed for Australia at the 2014 Winter Olympics in the ski cross events. Kneller completed high school at

Hurlstone Agricultural High School Hurlstone Agricultural High School (HAHS, colloquially as Hurlstone Ag) is a Education in Australia#Government schools, government-funded Mixed-sex education, co-educational Selective school (New South Wales), academically selective and specialis ...

in southern Sydney in 2007 and studied a combined Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Engineering at the

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from 2009-2015.

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1989 births Australian male freestyle skiers Olympic freestyle skiers for Australia Freestyle skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Freestyle skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Living people Sportspeople from Cooma Sportsmen from New South Wales People educated at Hurlstone Agricultural High School 21st-century Australian sportsmen {{Australia-freestyle-skiing-bio-stub