Kevin Rolland
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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
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "FIS-Ski - resultats". www.fis-ski.com. Archived from the original on 22 October 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- ↑ "Kevin Rolland Profile - Competition History - ESPN". Archived from the original on 27 April 2010. Retrieved 17 March 2011.
- ↑ "Kevin Rolland's Ski SuperPipe dreams". Espn.com. 10 March 2011. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
- ↑ "Kevin Rolland takes the Superpipe and overall title on the Dew Tour". Archived from the original on 21 February 2011. Retrieved 17 March 2011.
- ↑ Takahashi, Dean (13 June 2016). "Ubisoft's Steep is a daredevil sim for winter sports". VentureBeat. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
- ↑ 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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- Kévin Rolland at Équipe de France Olympique (archived) (in French)
- Kévin Rolland at Équipe de France (in French)
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- 1989 births
- Living people
- French male freestyle skiers
- X Games athletes
- Superpipe skiers
- Freestyle skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
- Freestyle skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics
- Freestyle skiers at the 2022 Winter Olympics
- Olympic freestyle skiers for France
- Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for France
- Olympic medalists in freestyle skiing
- People from Bourg-Saint-Maurice
- Sportspeople from Savoie
- Skiers from Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- 21st-century French sportsmen