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| Born | 3 September 1971 Biloxi, Mississippi, United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Freestyle skiing | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kristean Porter (born 3 September 1971) is an American freestyle skier. She was born in Biloxi. She competed at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, in women's aerials. [1] She won a gold medal in combined at the FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships 1995.
In 2020, she was inducted into the National Ski Hall of Fame. [2]
Stephen Gregory "Steve" Podborski, is a Canadian former World Cup and Olympic downhill ski racer.
William Conrad Koch is an American cross-country skier who competed at the international level. A native of Guilford, Vermont, he is a graduate of the nearby Putney School in Putney. In 1974, he became the first American to win a medal in international competition, placing third in the European junior championships.
Suzanne Stevia Chaffee is a former Olympic alpine ski racer and actress. Following her racing career, she modeled in New York with Ford Models and then became the pre-eminent freestyle ballet skier of the early 1970s. She is perhaps best known by the nickname "Suzy Chapstick", since the 1970s, when she was a spokesperson for ChapStick lip balm.
Laurie Graham, is a former Canadian downhill skier.
Barbara Ann Cochran is a former World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist from the United States.
Katharine Kreiner-Phillips is a former World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist from Canada.
Katharina Gutensohn. Is an Austrian/German skier. She represented Germany from 1989 to the end of her alpine skiing career.
Mélanie Turgeon is a skier and former member of the Canadian national ski team.
Jean Marlene Saubert was an alpine ski racer from the United States. She won two medals in the 1964 Winter Olympics at Innsbruck, Austria. After graduating from college, Saubert became an educator.
Ski ballet is a form of ballet performed on skis. It is very similar to figure skating, combining spins, jumps, and flips in a two-minute routine choreographed to music. It was part of the professional freestyle skiing tours of the 1970s and 1980s and then an official FIS and Olympic discipline until the year 2000. Ski ballet became known as Acroski in the 1990s in an effort to legitimize its place among the competitive ski community, especially to the FIS. It is no longer a part of competitive freestyle skiing.
Ilaria Debertolis is an Italian cross-country skier. She competed at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2013 in Val di Fiemme. She competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, in 30 kilometre freestyle, and was part of the Italian team that placed eighth in the relay. She has been in a relationship with fellow cross-country skier Dietmar Nöckler since 2009.
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.
Alizée Baron is a French freestyle skier, specializing in ski cross, and alpine skier.
Marielle Berger Sabbatel is a French freestyle skier, specializing in ski cross and alpine skier.
Sandra Catrin Näslund is a Swedish freestyle skier, specializing in ski cross and alpine skiing. She is the 2022 ski cross Olympic champion, the 2017, 2021 and 2023 ski cross World Champion, winner of the 2018, 2020, 2022, and 2023 ski cross World Cups, and the overall winner of the 2018 FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup.
Laura Wilson is an American cross-country skier. She competed at the 1994 Winter Olympics and the 1998 Winter Olympics.
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 also 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.
Trace Worthington is an American former freestyle skier. He competed in two events at the 1994 Winter Olympics. After retiring from the sport, Worthington became a sports commentator, working for both NBC Sports and CBS Sports.
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