Aleš Valenta

Olympic medal record
Men's freestyle skiing
	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.

External links

(Czech) Official Web site
(Czech) Official Web site on Ales Valenta Acrobat Park
(Czech) Profile on Czech Olympic Committee's Web site

Olympic champions in freestyle skiing

Men's moguls	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)

Men's aerials	1994: Andreas Schönbächler (SUI) 1998: Eric Bergoust (USA) 2002: Aleš Valenta (CZE) 2006: Han Xiaopeng (CHN) 2010: Aleksei Grishin (BLR) 2014: Anton Kushnir (BLR)

Men's ski cross	2010: Michael Schmid (SUI) 2014: Jean-Frédéric Chapuis (FRA)

Men's slopestyle	2014: Joss Christensen (USA)

Men's halfpipe	2014: David Wise (USA)

Women's moguls	1992: Donna Weinbrecht (USA) 1994: Stine Lise Hattestad (NOR) 1998: Tae Satoya (JPN) 2002: Kari Traa (NOR) 2006: Jennifer Heil (CAN) 2010: Hannah Kearney (USA) 2014: Justine Dufour-Lapointe (CAN)

Women's aerials	1994: Lina Cheryazova (UZB) 1998: Nikki Stone (USA) 2002: Alisa Camplin (AUS) 2006: Evelyne Leu (SUI) 2010: Lydia Lassila (AUS) 2014: Alla Tsuper (BLR)

Women's ski cross	2010: Ashleigh McIvor (CAN) 2014: Marielle Thompson (CAN)

Women's slopestyle	2014: Dara Howell (CAN)

Women's halfpipe	2014: Maddie Bowman (USA)

Authority control	VIAF: 84947223

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