Aleš Valenta
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2002 Salt Lake City | Aerials |
Aleš Valenta (Czech pronunciation: [ˈalɛʃ ˈvalɛnta]) (born 6 February 1973 in Šumperk, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech freestyle skier who participates 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. He was the first man to perform triple sallet with five screws.
External links
- Template:Cs icon Official Web site
- Template:Cs icon Official Web site on Ales Valenta Acrobat Park
- Template:Cs icon Profile on Czech Olympic Committee's Web site
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Categories:
- 1973 births
- Freestyle skiers at the 1998 Winter Olympics
- Freestyle skiers at the 2002 Winter Olympics
- Freestyle skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics
- Czech male freestyle skiers
- Living people
- Olympic gold medalists for the Czech Republic
- Olympic freestyle skiers of the Czech Republic
- Olympic medalists in freestyle skiing
- Medalists at the 2002 Winter Olympics
- People from Šumperk