Kevin Rolland Explained

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Kévin Rolland
Nationality:French
Birth Date:10 August 1989
Birth Place:Bourg-Saint-Maurice, France[1]
Height:1.78 m
Weight:65 kg
Country:France
Sport:freestyle skiing
Event:Halfpipe
Club:C.S. La Plagne
Show-Medals:no

Kévin 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]

Although hospitalised by a fall in 2019 which left him with head trauma, multiple contusions to his liver, kidneys, and lungs, and fractured his ribs and pelvis, Rolland made a comeback at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Kevin Rolland . 14 July 2018 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417202920/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ro/kevin-rolland-1.html . 17 April 2020.
  2. Web site: FIS-Ski - resultats . www.fis-ski.com . 17 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121022111127/http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/610.html?sector=FS&competitorid=93366&raceid=5067 . 22 October 2012 . dead.
  3. Web site: Kevin Rolland Profile - Competition History - ESPN . 17 March 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100427132423/http://espn.go.com/action/athlete/history/_/id/42569/kevin-rolland . 27 April 2010 . dead.
  4. Web site: Kevin Rolland's Ski SuperPipe dreams . 10 March 2011 . Espn.com . 14 July 2018.
  5. Web site: Kevin Rolland takes the Superpipe and overall title on the Dew Tour . 17 March 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110221153005/http://www.theskichannel.com/news/skinews/20110212/Kevin-Rolland-takes-the-Superpipe-and-overall-title-on-the-Dew-Tour . 21 February 2011 . dead.
  6. Web site: Takahashi . Dean . 13 June 2016 . Ubisoft's Steep is a daredevil sim for winter sports . . 13 June 2016.
  7. Web site: Guenfoud . Ibtissem . 22 February 2022 . French skier Kevin Rolland faced fear at Olympics 3 years after crash . . 29 April 2022.

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