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Jean-Luc Brassard. Jean-Luc Brassard (born August 24, 1972) is a Canadian freestyle skier, winning the gold medal at the 1994 Winter Olympics. Brassard has been credited with popularizing the wearing of bright knee pads to show off absorption and leg position for mogul skiers to best show judges how smoothly the athlete is taking the turns. He ...
Inaugurated. 1986. ( 1986) The FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships is the world championship organized by the FIS for freestyle skiing. It was first organized in 1986 and is now held every odd year. Currently, the disciplines included in the World Championships are Aerials, Moguls, Dual Moguls, Ski cross, Half-pipe, Slopestyle and Big air.
Slalom. 1966 Portillo. Slalom. Guy Périllat Merceroz (born 24 February 1940) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from the resort of La Clusaz, Haute-Savoie, one of the top ski racers of the 1960s. [1] [2] [3]
Jules Chappaz. Updated on 7 January 2024. Jules Chappaz (born 4 March 1999) is a French cross-country skier. [1] He won a bronze medal in the individual sprint at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2023, which was his first time competing in a world championship. [2] He also won the 10km freestyle race at the 2019 Nordic Junior World Ski ...
Maxim Mikhailovich Vylegzhanin ( Russian: Максим Михайлович Вылегжанин; born 18 October 1982) is a Russian former cross country skier and a three-time Olympic silver medalist at the 2014 Sochi Olympics in 50 km freestyle, 4 × 10 km relay and team sprint. He was stripped of his 2014 Olympic medals by the International ...
June 23, 2024 at 10:06 PM. unknown content item. -. Wander through quaint downtown streets or visit retro treasures such as Sunset Drive-In Theater, and you’ll quickly understand why San Luis ...
La Chapelle-d'Abondance (French pronunciation: [la ʃapɛl dabɔ̃dɑ̃s]) is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. Located in the northern French Alps, the village lies at the heart of a farming valley in Haute-Savoie.
The commune of La Clusaz is part of the Haute-Savoie département. An old village, La Clusaz has been hosting winter sports since 1907. It is the birthplace of French skiers Guy Périllat and Vincent Vittoz and sailor Philippe Monnet. Located in the Aravis mountain range La Clusaz (originally from the word cluse - meaning a narrow path between ...