Evelyne Leu (born 7 July 1976) is a former

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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 a gold medal in Aerial skiing at the

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. However, she failed to reach the Finals at the

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when she crashed in her second jump during qualifying. She retired in April 2010.

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* https://web.archive.org/web/20060308045828/http://www.evelyneleu.ch/ Swiss female freestyle skiers Freestyle skiers at the 1998 Winter Olympics Freestyle skiers at the 2002 Winter Olympics Freestyle skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics Freestyle skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Living people 1976 births Olympic gold medalists for Switzerland Olympic freestyle skiers for Switzerland Olympic medalists in freestyle skiing Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics 20th-century Swiss women 21st-century Swiss women {{Switzerland-freestyle-skiing-bio-stub