List of Olympic medalists in freestyle skiing explained
See main article: Freestyle skiing at the Winter Olympics.
Freestyle skiing is one of the six skiing disciplines contested at the Winter Olympic Games, and one of the youngest.[1] In 1924, the first Winter Olympics featured Nordic skiing disciplines (cross-country skiing, ski jumping, and Nordic combined),[2] while alpine skiing was first contested in 1936.[3] Only at the 1992 Winter Olympics, in Albertville, France, were freestyle skiing events first held as official medal events.[4] Before that, freestyle skiing was contested at the 1988 Winter Olympics as a demonstration sport, consisting of events for both men and women in three variants: moguls, aerials and ski ballet.[5] In Albertville, moguls was the first-ever official freestyle skiing medal event; aerials and ski ballet were also held but still as demonstration events. The growing popularity of aerials convinced the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to add this freestyle discipline to the 1994 Winter Olympics official program. Moguls and aerials have thus been contested at every Winter Games since. Ski cross inclusion in the Winter Olympics program was approved at an IOC Executive Board meeting in November 2006, and the first events were held at the 2010 Winter Olympics.[6]
At the 2002 Winter Olympics, two days after Steve Bradbury gave Australia its first-ever Winter Olympic gold medal, Alisa Camplin won the freestyle aerials event, becoming the first Australian woman to win gold at the Winter Games; four years later, she collected a second consecutive medal, a bronze.[7] In 2010, the third Olympics hosted by Canada finally consecrated a Canadian athlete as Olympic champion: Alexandre Bilodeau took the gold medal in the men's moguls, overcoming defending champion Dale Begg-Smith of Australia.[8] Kari Traa of Norway has won three medals (one gold, one silver, one bronze) in three successive Games, more than any other freestyle skier at the Winter Olympics.[9] Alexandre Bilodeau and David Wise are the most successful male freestyle skiers, with two gold medals. Alexandre Bilodeau was also the first freestyle skier to win back to back gold medals when he won gold in the 2010 and 2014 moguls. The youngest freestyle skier to win an Olympic medal is Swiss Mathilde Gremaud, who secured a silver in 2018 with 18 years old, while Tatjana Mittermayer of Germany is the oldest medalist, following her silver in the 1998 moguls event, aged 33.[10] [11]
Overall, 132 medals (44 of each color) have been awarded to skiers representing 22 National Olympic Committees (NOC).
| Table of contents |
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| Men | Moguls •Aerials •Big air •Ski cross •Halfpipe •Slopestyle |
| Women | Moguls •Aerials •Big air •Ski cross •Halfpipe •Slopestyle |
| Mixed | |
| Statistics | Athlete medal leaders •Medals per year •Medal sweep events |
| See also References External links | |
Men
Women
Moguls
Aerials
Big Air
HalfpipeSki crossSlopestyle
Mixed
Aerials team
Statistics
Athlete medal leaders
Athletes who won at least two medals are listed below.[12]
| Athlete | Nation | Event | Olympics | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| | Men's halfpipe | 2014–2022 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| | Women's big air
Women's slopestyle
Women's halfpipe | 2022 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| | Men's moguls | 2006–2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| | Women's aerials
Mixed team aerials | 2010–2022 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| | Women's moguls | 1998–2006 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| | Women's big air
Women's slopestyle | 2018–2022 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| | Men's moguls | 2014–2018 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| | Men's aerials
Mixed team aerials | 2010–2022 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| | Men's aerials
Mixed team aerials | 2010–2022 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| | Women's moguls | 2014–2018 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| | Women's ski cross | 2010–2018 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| | Men's moguls | 2006–2014 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| | Women's moguls | 2002–2010 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| | Men's moguls | 1998–2002 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| | Women's moguls | 2006–2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| | Women's aerials | 2002–2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| | Women's aerials | 2002–2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| | Men's aerials | 2002–2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| | Women's moguls | 1994–2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| | Men's moguls | 1992–1994 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| | Women's moguls | 1992–1994 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| | Women's aerials | 2006–2014 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| | Women's halfpipe | 2014–2018 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| | Women's moguls | 2002–2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| | Men's aerials | 1998–2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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| Women's moguls | 1992–1994 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| | Men's slopestyle | 2014–2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Medals per year
| × | NOC did not exist | | Number of medals won by the NOC | – | NOC did not win any medals | |
| Nation | 1924–88 | 92 | 94 | 98 | 02 | 06 | 10 | 14 | 18 | 22 | Total |
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| align=left | | | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 33 |
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| Total | 1924–88 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 30 | 30 | 39 | | |
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Medal sweep events
These are events in which athletes from one NOC won all three medals.
See also
References
- General
- Web site: Olympic medals . . March 16, 2010 . dead . https://archive.today/20121209102958/http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/majorevents/fisatowg/medalwinnersowg.html . December 9, 2012 . ** 1992 1994
- Web site: Freestyle Skiing . Olympic.org . . August 20, 2020 . January 9, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200109021757/https://www.olympic.org/freestyle-skiing . live .
- Specific
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: International Ski Federation . Olympic.org . International Olympic Committee . March 16, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100221041635/http://www.olympic.org/en/content/Sports/All-Sports/Skiing/Freestyle-Skiing/Federation/ . February 21, 2010 .
- Web site: Chamonix 1924 . Olympic.org . International Olympic Committee . March 14, 2010 . October 4, 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091004191718/http://www.olympic.org/en/content/Olympic-Games/All-Past-Olympic-Games/Winter/Chamonix-1924/ . live .
- 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Winter Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417041039/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1936/ . dead . April 17, 2020 . March 14, 2010.
- Web site: Freestyle Skiing Equipment and History . https://web.archive.org/web/20180218210143/https://www.olympic.org/en/content/Sports/All-Sports/Skiing/Freestyle-Skiing/Freestyle-skiing-Equipment-and-history/?Tab=1 . dead . February 18, 2018 . Olympic.org . International Olympic Committee . March 15, 2010 .
- Web site: Freestyle Skiing History . . January 6, 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110710235919/http://www.fieldday.com/cbc/olympics/sports/freestyle-skiing/history/index.html . July 10, 2011 .
- Web site: Ski-cross gets approval for 2010 . BBC Sport . November 28, 2008 . March 15, 2010 . April 13, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140413130618/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/winter_sports/6192816.stm . live .
- News: Camplin's aerials win gives Australia another gold . February 18, 2002 . Associated Press . CNNSI.com . CNN . March 17, 2010 . October 22, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121022213527/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/2002/skiing/news/2002/02/18/womens_aerials_ap/ . dead .
- News: Bilodeau wins Canada's first gold on home soil . Mick . Hayley . February 14, 2010 . CTVOlympics.ca . CTV . March 17, 2010 . March 9, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100309232108/http://www.ctvolympics.ca/freestyle-skiing/news/newsid%3D41513.html . live .
- Web site: Olympics: Tears and laughter as Canadian favorite takes the honors in moguls . . Macur, Juliet . February 12, 2006 . January 6, 2009 . February 24, 2006 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060224004106/http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/02/12/sports/olymogul.php . live .
- News: Kraushaar wins Luge by a silver . Associated Press . . February 12, 1998.
- Web site: Hoefflin wins ski slopestyle ahead of teenage YOG star. 5 February 2019. International Olympic Committee. 17 March 2019. 18 February 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180218060759/https://www.olympic.org/news/hoefflin-wins-ski-slopestyle-ahead-of-teenage-yog-star. live.
- Freestyle Skiing . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417041547/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/sports/FRS/ . dead . April 17, 2020 . March 16, 2010.
