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Kevin Rolland
Personal information
Born10 August 1989 (1989-08-10) (age 35)
Medal record
Representing  France
Men's Freestyle Skiing
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Sochi Halfpipe
FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships
Gold medal – first place 2009 Inawashiro Halfpipe
Silver medal – second place 2011 Deer Valley Halfpipe
Winter X Games
Gold medal – first place 2010 Aspen SuperPipe
Gold medal – first place 2010 Tignes SuperPipe
Gold medal – first place 2011 Aspen SuperPipe
Gold medal – first place 2011 Tignes SuperPipe
Gold medal – first place 2016 Aspen SuperPipe
Silver medal – second place 2014 Aspen SuperPipe
Silver medal – second place 2015 Aspen SuperPipe
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Aspen SuperPipe High Air

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.[1] 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.[2][3] Rolland also became the overall Winter Dew Tour Superpipe Champion in 2011.[4]

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.[5]

References

  1. ^ http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/610.html?sector=FS&competitorid=93366&raceid=5067 – Results from FIS-Ski.com
  2. ^ http://espn.go.com/action/athlete/history/_/id/42569/kevin-rolland
  3. ^ http://espn.go.com/action/xgames/winter/2011/europe/news/story?page=2011-winter-x-games-europe-kevin-rolland-preview
  4. ^ http://www.theskichannel.com/news/skinews/20110212/Kevin-Rolland-takes-the-Superpipe-and-overall-title-on-the-Dew-Tour
  5. ^ Takahashi, Dean (13 June 2016). "Ubisoft's Steep is a daredevil sim for winter sports". VentureBeat. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
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