Alex Schlopy (born July 25, 1992) is an American
freeskier from
Park City
Park City may refer to: a city in Utah.
Places
* National Park City, London, England, UK; see parks and open spaces in London
in the United States
* Park City, Illinois
* Park City, Kansas
* Park City, Kentucky
* Park City, Montana
* Park City, ...
,
Utah
Utah ( , ) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. Utah is a landlocked U.S. state bordered to its east by Colorado, to its northeast by Wyoming, to its north by Idaho, to its south by Arizona, and to it ...
. He was the winner of a gold medal at the
2011 Winter X Games in the big air contest. The following week, he won the gold medal in slopestyle at the
2011 FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships.
Schlopy attended
The Winter Sports School in Park City. His mother,
Holly Flanders, was a three-time winner on the FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup circuit. His father,
Todd Schlopy
Robert Todd Schlopy (born June 17, 1961) is a motion picture cameraman and former American football placekicker.
Born in Bradford, Pennsylvania and raised in Buffalo, NY, Schlopy attended Orchard Park High School in Orchard Park, New York. He ...
, is a former
NFL placekicker for the
Buffalo Bills. Todd's cousin,
Erik Schlopy, is a former alpine skier who competed at three editions of the Olympics.
References
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American male freestyle skiers
Living people
People from Park City, Utah
X Games athletes
1992 births