Kevin Rolland

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Kévin Rolland
Rolland in 2014
Personal information
NationalityFrench
Born (1989-08-10) 10 August 1989 (age 34)
Bourg-Saint-Maurice, France
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. 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. Rolland also became the overall Winter Dew Tour Superpipe Champion in 2011.

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.

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.

References

  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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Olympic Games
Preceded by Flagbearer for  France
(with Tessa Worley)

Beijing 2022
Succeeded by
Incumbent