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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.[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]
References
- ↑ "Kevin Rolland Bio, Stats, and Results". Sports-reference.com. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
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- ↑ "Kevin Rolland's Ski SuperPipe dreams". Espn.com. 10 March 2011. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
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- ↑ Takahashi, Dean (13 June 2016). "Ubisoft's Steep is a daredevil sim for winter sports". VentureBeat. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
External links
- FIS-Ski.com – Biography
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