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Freestyle Skiing At The 1994 Winter Olympics
The freestyle skiing competition of the 1994 Winter Olympics was held at Kanthaugen Freestyle Arena. There were four events, taking place between 15 and 24 February 1994. The freestyle program was expanded at this Olympics, with aerials, previously a demonstration event, added as a full medal event. Medal summary Medal table Canada led the medal table with one medal of each type. Five countries, Canada, Switzerland, Sweden and Uzbekistan, won their first Olympic freestyle medals. The gold medal won by Lina Cheryazova in the women's aerials was the first Olympic medal for Uzbekistan, and as of 2010, the only one won by that country at the Winter Games. Men's Events Women's Events Participating NOCs Twenty-one nations participated in freestyle skiing at Lillehammer. Austria, Belarus, China, Kazakhstan, the Netherlands, Russia, Ukraine and Uzbekistan made their debuts in the sport. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kanthaugen Freestyle Arena
Kanthaugen Freestyle Arena ( no, Kanthaugen Freestyleanlegg) is a freestyle skiing stadium located in the hillside area of Kanthaugen in Lillehammer, Norway. Opened in 1992, it was built for the 1994 Winter Olympics. The venue consists of three hills—one each for aerials, moguls and ski ballet. The moguls hill has a capacity for 12,000 spectators while the other two have a 15,000-person capacity. The arena is designated as Norway's national venue for freestyle skiing. It hosted the FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup in 1993 and 1995, and is scheduled to host freestyle skiing and snowboarding at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics. The arena is owned by Lillehammer Olympiapark and is located adjacent to the ski jumping hill Lysgårdsbakken. Construction Kanthaugen has traditionally served as a recreational area for Lillehammer, and has in particular been used for alpine skiing. In 1946, Norway's then-largest ski lift was installed between Stampesletta and Kanthaugen. It remained in us ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippe Laroche
Philippe LaRoche (born December 12, 1966) is a Canadian freestyle skier and Olympic medalist. He received a silver medal at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, in aerials."1994 Winter Olympics – Lillehammer, Norway – Alpine Skiing" – ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on March 24, 2008) He finished first in the aerials (demonstration event) at the in |
Freestyle Skiing At The Winter Olympics
Freestyle skiing has been contested at the Winter Olympic Games since the 1992 Winter Games in Albertville, France. Summary History Freestyle skiing was a demonstration sport at the 1988 Winter Olympics, with moguls, aerials, and ballet events. Moguls became an official medal sport at the 1992 games, while aerials and ballet were still demonstration events. At the 1994 games, aerials also became an official medal event and the ski ballet competition was dropped. For the 2010 Winter Olympics, ski cross was added to the program while for the 2014 Winter Olympics half-pipe and slopestyle were added. Alexandre Bilodeau became the first freestyle skiing gold medalist to defend his Olympic title, and first repeat gold medalist, winning the men's moguls at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, having previously won the same event at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. Events Men's • = ''official event'', (d) = ''demonstration event'' Women's • = ''official event'', (d) = ''d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freestyle Skiing At The 1994 Winter Olympics
The freestyle skiing competition of the 1994 Winter Olympics was held at Kanthaugen Freestyle Arena. There were four events, taking place between 15 and 24 February 1994. The freestyle program was expanded at this Olympics, with aerials, previously a demonstration event, added as a full medal event. Medal summary Medal table Canada led the medal table with one medal of each type. Five countries, Canada, Switzerland, Sweden and Uzbekistan, won their first Olympic freestyle medals. The gold medal won by Lina Cheryazova in the women's aerials was the first Olympic medal for Uzbekistan, and as of 2010, the only one won by that country at the Winter Games. Men's Events Women's Events Participating NOCs Twenty-one nations participated in freestyle skiing at Lillehammer. Austria, Belarus, China, Kazakhstan, the Netherlands, Russia, Ukraine and Uzbekistan made their debuts in the sport. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hilde Synnøve Lid
Hilde Synnøve Lid (born 18 March 1971) is a Norwegian freestyle skier and Olympic medalist. She won a bronze medal in women's aerials at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer."1994 Winter Olympics – Lillehammer, Norway – Alpine Skiing" – ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on March 5, 2008) She finished 6th at the in , and placed 16th at the |
Marie Lindgren
Marie Lindgren (born 26 March 1970) is a Swedish freestyle skier and Olympic medalist. She received a silver medal at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, in aerials."1994 Winter Olympics – Lillehammer, Norway – Alpine Skiing" – ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on March 24, 2008) She finished 2nd in the aerials (demonstration event) at the in |
Yelizaveta Kozhevnikova
Yelizaveta Aleksandrovna Kozhevnikova (russian: Елизаве́та Алекса́ндровна Коже́вникова; born 27 December 1973 in Moscow) is a Russian freestyle skier and Olympic medalist. Career Kozhevnikova competed for the Unified Team and received a silver medal at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, in moguls."1992 Winter Olympics – Albertville, France – Alpine Skiing" – ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on March 24, 2008) She won the bronze medal at the in |
Elizabeth McIntyre
Elizabeth Geary McIntyre (born April 5, 1965), sometimes known as Liz McIntyre, is an American freestyle skier and Olympic medalist. She received a silver medal at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, in moguls."1994 Winter Olympics – Lillehammer, Norway – Alpine Skiing" . ''databaseOlympics.com''. Retrieved on March 24, 2008. She finished 8th at the in . McIntyre was born in |
Stine Lise Hattestad
Stine Lise Hattestad Bratsberg (born 30 April 1966) is a former Norwegian freestyle skier 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 .... She won an Olympic gold medal in the 1994 Olympics on Lillehammer and bronze from the Albertville Olympics. She also won the overall World Cup in 1988 and 1993. References 1966 births Living people Norwegian female freestyle skiers Olympic freestyle skiers of Norway Olympic gold medalists for Norway Olympic bronze medalists for Norway Freestyle skiers at the 1992 Winter Olympics Freestyle skiers at the 1994 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in freestyle skiing Medalists at the 1992 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1994 Winter Olympics 20th-century Norwegian women {{Norway-Winter-Olympic-medalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lloyd Langlois
Lloyd Langlois (born November 11, 1962) is a Canadian freestyle skier and Olympic medalist. He received a bronze medal at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, in aerials."1994 Winter Olympics – Lillehammer, Norway – Alpine Skiing" – ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on March 24, 2008) He finished 3rd in the aerials (demonstration event) at the in |
Andreas Schönbächler
Andreas Schönbächler (born 24 April 1966) is a Swiss freestyle skier and Olympic champion. He won a gold medal at the 1994 Winter Olympics The 1994 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVII Olympic Winter Games ( no, De 17. olympiske vinterleker; nn, Dei 17. olympiske vinterleikane) and commonly known as Lillehammer '94, was an international winter multi-sport event held fro ... in Lillehammer."1994 Winter Olympics – Lillehammer, Norway – Alpine Skiing" – ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on March 5, 2008) References 1966 births[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freestyle Skiing At The 1992 Winter Olympics
Freestyle skiing was an official sport discipline for the first time at the 1992 Winter Olympics, with medals awarded in the moguls event. The venue was Tignes about 85 km from host city Albertville. Medal summary Medal table The hosts from France led the medal table, with a gold and a silver medal, both in the men's moguls. Men's Events Women's Events Participating NOCs Eighteen nations participated in freestyle skiing at Albertville. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Demonstration events Six years after the first World Championships in Tignes, while moguls were an official medal event, aerials and ballets were demonstration events; for the second time after Calgary. Aerials were dominated by the Canadians and in particular by the world champion Philippe LaRoche and by Nicolas Fontaine. Didier Méda from France, who placed second in Calgary, placed third. The women's event was won by Colette Brand from Switzerland. For the ballet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
