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Freestyle skiing has been contested at the Winter Olympic Games since the 1992 Winter Games in Albertville, France.
Mikaël Kingsbury is a freestyle skier from Quebec. He is the most accomplished mogul skier of all time. He achieved eminence early in his career after earning the 2009–10 FIS World Cup Rookie of the Year award. He is a ten-time FIS Freestyle World Cup title-holder for overall moguls and nine-time title-holder for overall freestyle, owning the records for most men's Moguls World Cup titles and Overall Freestyle World Cup titles. He also owns the records for career World Cup moguls victories with 78, and consecutive Freestyle World Cup event wins with 13. He is the first man to have won both the moguls and dual moguls World Championship events, and has won the most medals at the Freestyle World Championships of any male competitor in history, having won a medal in 13 of the 14 events he has competed in. Kingsbury won the Olympic silver medal in 2014 and 2022, and, at the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics, he won the gold medal in men's moguls.
Walter Wood is an American freestyle skier from Evergreen, Colorado. Wood became a recognizable figure in the sport of skiing at a young age. His influence in skiing alongside others helped support the development and eventual adoption of halfpipe skiing to the Olympic Games.
Cassie Sharpe is a Canadian freestyle skier. Sharpe became the Olympic champion in women's halfpipe after winning gold in Pyeongchang, South Korea at the 2018 Winter Olympics. She won a silver medal at the 2015 World Championships in halfpipe in Kreischberg and won gold and bronze in superpipe at the Winter X Games in 2016 and 2018, respectively.
From July 30, 2015 to March 20, 2016, the following skiing events took place at various locations around the world.
Nico Porteous is a New Zealand freestyle skier and an Olympic champion. He is New Zealand's youngest Olympic Games medallist, having won a bronze medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics at the age of 16. He became New Zealand's second Winter Olympic gold medallist, and first male, with his win in men's halfpipe at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.
Brendan "Bubba" Newby is an Irish-born freestyle skier who represents Ireland in the half-pipe event.
Miguel Porteous is a New Zealand freestyle skier who competes internationally.
Patrick Burgener, better known as Pat Burgener, is a Swiss professional snowboarder, two-time Olympian and musician. Pat joined the Swiss national team at the age of 14 and landed the world’s first Switch Backside Triple Cork 1440 in April 2011. Pat competed for Switzerland in the men's halfpipe at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in PyeongChang where he finished 5th overall. He earned two bronze medals in the halfpipe events at the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2017 and again in 2019. Pat was named to his second Swiss Olympic Snowboard Freestyle Team on 18 January 2022. He represented Switzerland in the men’s halfpipe at the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing where he qualified for the finals and placed 11th overall. His career results also include nine World Cup podiums, five European Cup podiums and seven Swiss Champion titles respectively in halfpipe and early on in big air.
Rachael Karker is a Canadian freestyle skier.
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Kirsty Muir is a Scottish freestyle skier representing Great Britain who competed in the big air and slopestyle events at the 2022 Winter Olympics. She came second in the big air event at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics, and third in the big air and slopestyle events at the 2023 X Games.
The men's halfpipe competition in freestyle skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 17 February (qualification) and 19 February (final), at the Genting Snow Park in Zhangjiakou. The podium consisted of all the medalists in the same event in 2018, but in a different order. Nico Porteous of New Zealand, the 2018 bronze medalist, won the event, bringing to New Zealand the second ever winter Olympic gold medal. David Wise of the United States, the champion in both previous events, won the silver medal, and Alex Ferreira, also of the United States, the 2018 silver medalist, this time won bronze.
Cole McDonald is an American freestyle skier. He joined the US Ski & Snowboard's U.S. Freestyle Ski Team in July 2021. In the same season as his first World Cup, he earned a spot on the U.S. Men's Moguls Team at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, making him the youngest American male mogul skier to participate in the Olympics at 18 years of age. McDonald was named World Cup Rookie of the Year in 2022.
Anja Niamh Barugh is a New Zealand freestyle skier who specialises in halfpipe. She represented New Zealand at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, where she ranked 19th.
Marco Tadé is a Swiss freestyle skier. He competed in the 2022 Winter Olympics.
Kaishu Hirano is a Japanese snowboarder who competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics.
Chloe McMillan is a New Zealand freestyle skier who specialises in halfpipe. She is representing New Zealand at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.
Ben Harrington is a New Zealand freestyle skier who specialises in halfpipe. He represented New Zealand at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.
Berenice Wicki is a Swiss snowboarder who competes in the halfpipe discipline. She represented Switzerland at the 2022 Winter Olympics.
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- ↑ Gustav Legnavsky at the New Zealand Olympic Committee
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Gustav Legnavsky". Beijing 2022. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
- ↑ "Results". Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 5 February 2010.
- ↑ Perry, Joanna (2 December 2020). "MAC junior awards ceremonies". Wānaka Sun. p. 9. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
- ↑ "Swiss Freeski Tour – Junior World Championships: Halfpipe" (PDF). FIS. 26 January 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
- ↑ "Winter Olympics: Kiwi freeskier Ben Harrington walks away from horror crash, just misses final". Stuff . 17 February 2022. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
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