Ellen Breen (born 17 April 1963) is an American
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 ...
and world champion.
She competed at the
FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships 1986 The 1986 FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships were held between February 2nd and February 6th at the Tignes ski resort in France. The World Championships were the first to be held in the freestyle skiing discipline and featured both men's and women ...
in
Tignes
Tignes () is a commune in the Tarentaise Valley, in the Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France, known for the highest skiable area and the longest ski season in Europe. It is located in the Savoie region with good tr ...
, where she placed fifth in acroski (
ski ballet
Ski ballet is a form of ballet performed on skis. It is very similar to figure skating, combining spins, jumps, and flips in a two-minute routine choreographed to music. It was part of the professional freestyle skiing tours of the 1970s and 1980 ...
). She won a gold medal in ski ballet at the
FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships 1991 The 1991 FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships were held between February 11th and February 17th in Lake Placid, New York. The World Championships featured both men's and women's events in the Moguls, Aerials, Acro Skiing and the Combined.
Results
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in
Lake Placid. She won a second gold medal in ski ballet at the
FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships 1993 in Altenmarkt-Zauchensee. At the
FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships 1995 The 1995 FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships were held between February 6th and February 9th at the La Clusaz ski resort in France. The World Championships featured both men's and women's events in the Moguls, Aerials, Acro Skiing and the Combine ...
in
La Clusaz
La Clusaz (; frp, La Klyuza, ) is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.
Overview
It is a ski resort in the Alps near the Swiss border. The commune of La Clusaz is part of the Haute ...
she won a silver medal.
She took part at the
1992 Winter Olympics
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, nations = 64
, athletes = 1,801 (1313 men, 488 women)
, events = 57 in 6 sports (12 disciplines)
, opening = 8 February 1992
, closing = 23 February 1992
, opened_by = President François Mitterrand
, cauldron ...
in
Albertville
Albertville (; Arpitan: ''Arbèrtvile'') is a subprefecture of the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Southeastern France.
It is best known for hosting the 1992 Winter Olympics and Paralympics. In 2018, the commune had ...
, where ski ballet was a demonstration event.
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1963 births
Living people
American female freestyle skiers
21st-century American women
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