Kevin Rolland
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Nationality | French | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Bourg-Saint-Maurice, France[1] | 10 August 1989||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | freestyle skiing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Halfpipe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | C.S. La Plagne | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Kevin Rolland (born 10 August 1989) is a French freestyle skier. He won the gold medal at the 2009 FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships in the halfpipe.[2] He lost his title in 2011 to the Canadian Mike Riddle but still finished on the podium at the second place.
Rolland has also won seven medals at the Winter X Games and two medals at the Winter X Games Europe, including back-to-back golds in the SuperPipe at both events.[3][4] Rolland also became the overall Winter Dew Tour Superpipe Champion in 2011.[5]
During the development of the open world extreme sports video game Steep, several professional skiers including Kevin Rolland and extreme sports athletes and experts were consulted by the developing team.[6]
References
- ^ "Kevin Rolland Bio, Stats, and Results". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
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- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 27 April 2010. Retrieved 17 March 2011.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Kevin Rolland's Ski SuperPipe dreams". Espn.com. 10 March 2011. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 21 February 2011. Retrieved 17 March 2011.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Takahashi, Dean (13 June 2016). "Ubisoft's Steep is a daredevil sim for winter sports". VentureBeat. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
External links
Categories:
- 1989 births
- Living people
- French male freestyle skiers
- X Games athletes
- Superpipe skiers
- Freestyle skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
- Freestyle skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics
- Olympic freestyle skiers of France
- Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for France
- Olympic medalists in freestyle skiing
- People from Bourg-Saint-Maurice
- Sportspeople from Savoie
- French freestyle skiing biography stubs