Freestyle skiing at the 2023 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival | |
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Venue | Ski Area Ravascletto Zoncolan |
Date | 22–27 January [1] |
Website | eyof2023.it |
Freestyle skiing at the 2023 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival was held from 22 to 27 January at Ski Area Ravascletto Zoncolan in Ravascletto, Italy. [2] This was the first time freestyle skiing has been included in the EYOF programme. [3]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Big air [4] | Fadri Rhyner Switzerland | 179.7 | Nil Brocart Alegre France | 177.5 | Henry Sildaru Estonia | 177.2 |
Slopestyle [5] | Fadri Rhyner Switzerland | 90.50 | Stefan Sorokin Estonia | 85.50 | Petr Müller Czech Republic | 83.50 |
Ski cross [6] | Nico Offenwanger Germany | William Young Shing Sweden | Paolo Piccolo Italy |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Big air [7] | Lina Häggström Finland | 159.7 | Bérénice Dode France | 150.2 | Nataliia Kaziuk Ukraine | 133.7 |
Slopestyle [8] | Lina Häggström Finland | 84.75 | Liina Kuivalainen Finland | 82.50 | Carolina Vitale Cesa Italy | 80.75 |
Ski cross [9] | Chiara von Moos Switzerland | Mattli Fersch Germany | Alexandra Nilsson Sweden |
* Host nation (Italy)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Switzerland (SUI) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
2 | Finland (FIN) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
3 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
4 | France (FRA) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
5 | Estonia (EST) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
7 | Italy (ITA)* | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
8 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (9 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
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