Ryan St. Onge (born February 7, 1983) 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 ...
who has competed since 1997.
Career
He won a gold medal in the aerials event at the
FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships 2009 The FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships 2009 were held between March 2 and March 8 in Inawashiro
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Inawashiro
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At the
2006 Winter Olympics
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in
Turin
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, St. Onge finished 16th in the
aerials event.
He also has seven World Cup victories in aerials from 2005 to 2009.
St. Onge was named to the US team for the
2010 Winter Olympics
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in January 2010, qualified and finished fourth.
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1983 births
American male freestyle skiers
Freestyle skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Freestyle skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Living people
Olympic freestyle skiers for the United States
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