Aleš Valenta
Czech freestyle skier
Aleš Valenta in 2022 | ||
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Olympic Games | ||
2002 Salt Lake City | Aerials |
Aleš Valenta (Czech pronunciation: [ˈalɛʃ ˈvalɛnta]) (born 6 February 1973 in Šumperk, Czechoslovakia) is a former Czech freestyle skier who participated in aerials.
On February 19, 2002, he won the Winter Olympics gold medal in the freestyle aerials competition where he succeeded to perform the first triple back flip with five twists in the world. He operates the freestyle skiing centre in the town of Štíty.
In December 2007 Valenta won the second season of StarDance with his professional partner Iva Langerová.[1]
References
- ^ "Vítězi StarDance jsou Aleš Valenta a Iva Langerová". Deník (in Czech). Vltava Labe Media. 23 December 2007. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
External links
- (in Czech) Official Web site
- (in Czech) Official Web site on Ales Valenta Acrobat Park
- (in Czech) Profile on Czech Olympic Committee's Web site
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Preceded by | Czech Athlete of the Year 2002 | Succeeded by |
Olympic Games | ||
Preceded by | Flagbearer for the Czech Republic Salt Lake 2002 | Succeeded by |
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- 1994: Andreas Schönbächler (SUI)
- 1998: Eric Bergoust (USA)
- 2002: Aleš Valenta (CZE)
- 2006: Han Xiaopeng (CHN)
- 2010: Aleksei Grishin (BLR)
- 2014: Anton Kushnir (BLR)
- 2018: Oleksandr Abramenko (UKR)
- 2022: Qi Guangpu (CHN)
- 1992: Edgar Grospiron (FRA)
- 1994: Jean-Luc Brassard (CAN)
- 1998: Jonny Moseley (USA)
- 2002: Janne Lahtela (FIN)
- 2006: Dale Begg-Smith (AUS)
- 2010: Alexandre Bilodeau (CAN)
- 2014: Alexandre Bilodeau (CAN)
- 2018: Mikaël Kingsbury (CAN)
- 2022: Walter Wallberg (SWE)
- 2010: Michael Schmid (SUI)
- 2014: Jean-Frédéric Chapuis (FRA)
- 2018: Brady Leman (CAN)
- 2022: Ryan Regez (SUI)
- 2014: Joss Christensen (USA)
- 2018: Øystein Bråten (NOR)
- 2022: Alex Hall (USA)
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