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| Nationality | German | |||||||||||||
| Born | 11 July 1967 Ludwigsburg, Germany | |||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||
| Country | Germany | |||||||||||||
| Sport | Freestyle skiing | |||||||||||||
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Elfie Simchen (born 11 July 1967) is a German freestyle skier. She was born in Ludwigsburg. She competed at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, in women's aerials. [1] She won a silver medal in women's aerials at the FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships 1991. [2]
Aleksei Gennadyevich Grishin 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.
Donna L. Weinbrecht won the first gold medal awarded in the first Olympic mogul competitions in freestyle skiing, which were held at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France. Weinbrecht grew up in West Milford, New Jersey. She was also World Champion in 1991 and a five-time World Cup moguls season champion.
Ashley Caldwell is an American freestyle skier who has competed in aerials since 2008. Caldwell was named to the US team for the 2010 Winter Olympics in January 2010 after competing in the sport for only two seasons. The youngest in the event, she reached the finals of the Aerials. Caldwell won her first World Cup aerials event in the United States in Lake Placid, New York, in January 2011 becoming the youngest freestyle female to ever win.
Jana Lindsey is an American freestyle skier who has competed since 1999. Her best World Cup fourth was in an aerials event in China in 2009.
Sarah Catherine Ainsworth is a British freestyle skier who has competed since 2007. Her best World Cup finish was 12th in an aerials event at Davos, Switzerland in 2007.
Assoli Vitalyevna Slivets, also known under the nickname Assoli "Oly" Slivets, is a Belarusian, and later Russian freestyle skier. She competed for Belarus until 2011, and then switched to Russia.
Cheng Shuang is a Chinese female aerial skier who has competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics and the 2014 Winter Olympics.
Olha Volodymyrivna Volkova is a freestyle skier from Ukraine who specializes in aerials. She won a bronze medal at the 2011 FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships.
Sonja Reichart is a German freestyle skier.
Petra Nováková is a Czech cross-country skier.
Laura Peel is an Australian freestyle skier. She was two time world champion and two time World Cup winner, at the women's aerials discipline. She competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, in women's aerials, at the 2018 Winter Olympics, in women's aerials, where she placed fifth, and at the 2022 Winter Olympics, in Women's aerials, where she placed fifth.
Kiley McKinnon is an American freestyle skier. She came in first place in the aerials competition during the 2015 FIS World Cup Champion and also won a silver medal in aerials at the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2015 in Kreischberg, Austria. In 2018, McKinnon represented Team USA in the PyeongChang Olympics and placed 10th in aerials. McKinnon is a co-founder of Halfdays, a direct-to-consumer brand for women's ski wear made of recycled fabrics that launched in November 2020.
Hanna Andreyeuna Huskova is a Belarusian freestyle skier specializing in aerials. She competed at the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2015, where she qualified for the aerials final, and placed sixth in the final. At the 2014 Olympics, she placed 21st in aerials. She won a gold medal at the 2018 Olympics, and won silver at the 2022 Olympics, in Women's aerials.
Jilly Wallace is a British former freestyle skier, who won 29 FIS World Cup medals, which was the most for any British skier or snowboarder until 2020. She competed at the 1992 and 1994 Winter Olympics. She was World Champion in Laser-Run in 2019 and 2022 at the UIPM World Championships.
Maja Schmid is a Swiss freestyle skier. She competed at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, where she placed fourth in women's aerials. She won a gold medal in women's combined at the FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships 1991.
Kristean Porter is an American freestyle skier. She was born in Biloxi. She competed at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, in women's aerials. She won a gold medal in combined at the FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships 1995.
Marja von Stedingk is a Swedish freestyle skier. She was born in Hällefors. She competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics, in women's moguls. Elfman competed at the FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships 1997, where she placed 9th in moguls. She competed at the FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships 1999, where she placed fourth in moguls and fifth in dual moguls.
Anja Bolbjerg is a Danish freestyle skier.
Conny Kissling is a Swiss freestyle skier, world champion and Olympic participant.
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