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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 boxes on their skis. Known as "hot-dogging" in the early 1970s, it is also commonly referred to as freeskiing, jibbing, as well as many other names, around the world.
Four freestyle skiing events were held at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, at the venue in Sauze d'Oulx. There were both men's and women's competition in both aerials and moguls events. In moguls, the athletes ski down a slope littered with moguls, attempting to get down in as fast a time as possible while also attempting to get points for technique and their two aerial jumps during the course. The aerials events consisted of two jumps, which were judged by air, form and landing.
Eric Bergoust is an American freestyle skier. In 1998 Bergoust participated at the 1998 Winter Olympics held in Nagano, Japan where he won a gold medal in the freestyle ski jump (aerials).
Hilde Synnøve Lid is a Norwegian freestyle skier. Her achievements include winning an Olympic medal in aerials in 1994, a silver medal in aerials at the 1999 world championships, and placing third overall in aerials in the world cup in 2000.
Philippe LaRoche is a Canadian freestyle skier and Olympic medalist. He received a silver medal at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, in aerials.
Lloyd Langlois is a Canadian freestyle skier and Olympic medalist. He received a bronze medal at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, in aerials.
Colette Roth-Brand is a Swiss freestyle skier and Olympic medalist. She received a bronze medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, in aerials.
The Men's aerials event in freestyle skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy began on 20 February and concluded on 23 February at Sauze d'Oulx.
The Women's aerials event in freestyle skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy began on 21 February and concluded on 22 February at Sauze d'Oulx.
Qi Guangpu is a Chinese aerial skier. He is a double world champion and the reigning Olympic champion in Aerials, who won gold at the 2022 Winter Olympics.
Nicolas Fontaine is a Canadian freestyle skier. He competed at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, where he placed sixth in aerials. He also competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano and at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.
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.
Jonathon Lillis is an American freestyle skier who competes internationally. He competed for team USA at the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2017 in Sierra Nevada, Spain, where he won a gold medal in men's aerials. He competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics, finishing 8th in 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 is 6 times World Champion in Laser-Run at the UIPM World Championships.
Kong Fanyu is a Chinese freestyle skier who competes internationally. She participated at the 2018 Winter Olympics and won a bronze medal in aerials, and at the 2022 Winter Olympics, in Women's aerials.
Maxim Alekseyevich Burov is a Russian freestyle skier. A three-time World Champion, he won back-to-back titles in individual aerials, in 2019 and 2021, becoming the first Russian and the fourth male aerial skier to do that. He participated at two Winter Olympics and competed in the men's aerials by representing Olympic Athletes from Russia in 2018 and Russian Olympic Committee in 2022.
Noé Roth is a Swiss freestyle skier. He competed in the 2018 Winter Olympics.
Maria Quintana is an American freestyle skier and world champion.
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.
Christopher Lillis is an American freestyle skier. In the 2022 Winter Olympics, he won a gold medal in the mixed team aerials event.
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- ↑ "Winter Olympics: Cobbing endures letdown after poor take-off: British aerial freestyle skier's medal hopes disappear with error". Independent. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
- ↑ "Richard Cobbing". Olympedia. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
