Kevin Rolland

Kevin Rolland
Personal information
Born 10 August 1989 (1989-08-10) (age 27)
Medal record
Representing  France
Men's Freestyle Skiing
Olympic Games
2014 Sochi Halfpipe
FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships
2009 Inawashiro Halfpipe
2011 Deer Valley Halfpipe
Winter X Games
2010 Aspen SuperPipe
2010 Tignes SuperPipe
2011 Aspen SuperPipe
2011 Tignes SuperPipe
2016 Aspen SuperPipe
2014 Aspen SuperPipe
2015 Aspen SuperPipe
2010 Aspen SuperPipe High Air

Kevin 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.[1] 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.[2][3] Rolland also became the overall Winter Dew Tour Superpipe Champion in 2011.[4]

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.[5]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/610.html?sector=FS&competitorid=93366&raceid=5067 – Results from FIS-Ski.com
  2. ↑ http://espn.go.com/action/athlete/history/_/id/42569/kevin-rolland
  3. ↑ http://espn.go.com/action/xgames/winter/2011/europe/news/story?page=2011-winter-x-games-europe-kevin-rolland-preview
  4. ↑ http://www.theskichannel.com/news/skinews/20110212/Kevin-Rolland-takes-the-Superpipe-and-overall-title-on-the-Dew-Tour
  5. ↑ Takahashi, Dean (13 June 2016). "Ubisoft's Steep is a daredevil sim for winter sports". VentureBeat. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
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