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Kevin Rolland

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Kévin Rolland
Rolland in 2014
Personal information
NationalityFrench
Born (1989-08-10) 10 August 1989 (age 35)
Bourg-Saint-Maurice, France[1]
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
CountryFrance
Sportfreestyle skiing
EventHalfpipe
ClubC.S. La Plagne
Medal record
Men's Freestyle skiing
Representing  France
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Sochi Halfpipe
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2009 Inawashiro Halfpipe
Silver medal – second place 2011 Deer Valley Halfpipe
Silver medal – second place 2019 Utah Halfpipe
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Sierra Nevada Halfpipe
Winter X Games
Gold medal – first place 2010 Aspen SuperPipe
Gold medal – first place 2010 Tignes SuperPipe
Gold medal – first place 2011 Aspen SuperPipe
Gold medal – first place 2011 Tignes SuperPipe
Gold medal – first place 2016 Aspen SuperPipe
Silver medal – second place 2014 Aspen SuperPipe
Silver medal – second place 2015 Aspen SuperPipe
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Aspen SuperPipe High Air

Kévin Rolland (born 10 August 1989) is a French freestyle skier. He won the gold medal at the 2009 FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships in the halfpipe.[2] He lost his title in 2011 to the Canadian Mike Riddle but still finished on the podium at the second place.

Rolland has also won seven medals at the Winter X Games and two medals at the Winter X Games Europe, including back-to-back golds in the SuperPipe at both events.[3][4] Rolland also became the overall Winter Dew Tour Superpipe Champion in 2011.[5]

During the development of the open world extreme sports video game Steep, several professional skiers, including Kevin Rolland and extreme sports athletes and experts were consulted by the developing team.[6]

Although hospitalised by a fall in 2019 which left him with head trauma, multiple contusions to his liver, kidneys, and lungs, and fractured his ribs and pelvis, Rolland made a comeback at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.[7]

References

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  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Kevin Rolland". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  2. ^ "FIS-Ski - resultats". www.fis-ski.com. Archived from the original on 22 October 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Kevin Rolland Profile - Competition History - ESPN". Archived from the original on 27 April 2010. Retrieved 17 March 2011.
  4. ^ "Kevin Rolland's Ski SuperPipe dreams". Espn.com. 10 March 2011. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  5. ^ "Kevin Rolland takes the Superpipe and overall title on the Dew Tour". Archived from the original on 21 February 2011. Retrieved 17 March 2011.
  6. ^ Takahashi, Dean (13 June 2016). "Ubisoft's Steep is a daredevil sim for winter sports". VentureBeat. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
  7. ^ Guenfoud, Ibtissem (22 February 2022). "French skier Kevin Rolland faced fear at Olympics 3 years after crash". ABC News. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
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(with Tessa Worley)
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