FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships 1997
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The 1997 FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships were held between February 6th and February 9th at the Iizuna Kogen Ski Area
in Japan
. The World Championships featured both men's and women's events in the Moguls
, Aerials, and Acro Skiing, and a men's Combined event. This was a test event for the freestyle skiing
events that would take place at the Winter Olympics near Nagano
the following year
.
Iizuna Kogen Ski Area
Iizuna Kogen Ski Area is a skiing area located in Iizuna, Nagano, Japan. Constructed on existing alpine skiing runs, it hosted the freestyle skiing events for the 1998 Winter Olympics. The venue was a temporary one for those games....
in Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. The World Championships featured both men's and women's events in the Moguls
Mogul skiing
Mogul skiing is a type of freestyle skiing where skiers ski terrain characterized by a large number of different bumps, or moguls.-Moguls:...
, Aerials, and Acro Skiing, and a men's Combined event. This was a test event for the freestyle skiing
Freestyle skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics
-Men's aerials:February 17, 1998-Men's moguls:February 10, 1998-Women's aerials:February 17, 1998-Women's moguls:February 10, 1998-External links:*...
events that would take place at the Winter Olympics near Nagano
Nagano, Nagano
, the capital city of Nagano Prefecture, is located in the northern part of the prefecture near the confluence of the Chikuma and the Sai rivers, on the main Japanese island of Honshū.As of April 1, 2011 the city has a population of 387,146...
the following year
1998 Winter Olympics
The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially the XVIII Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event celebrated from 7 to 22 February 1998 in Nagano, Japan. Seventy-two nations and 2,176 participans contested in seven sports and 72 events at 15 venues. The games saw the introduction of Women's ice...
.
Moguls
| Medal | Name | Nation | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jean-Luc Brassard Jean-Luc Brassard Jean-Luc Brassard is a French Canadian freestyle skier, winning the gold medal at the 1994 Winter Olympics in the sport's debut as a medal event. 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... |
27.52 | ||
| Stephane Rochon | 26.00 | ||
| Jesper Roennback | 25.43 |
Aerials
| Medal | Name | Nation | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nicolas Fontaine Nicolas Fontaine Nicolas Fontaine is a Canadian freestyle skier. He was born in Magog, Quebec. He competed at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, where he placed sixth in aerials. He also competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano and at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.-References:... |
254.97 | ||
| Eric Bergoust Eric Bergoust Eric Bergoust is an American freestyle skier. In 1998 Bergoust participated at the 1998 Winter Olympics held in Nagano, Japan where he won a gold medal in coaching the tu-paj and mac bohonnon the freestyle ski jump .... |
245.63 | ||
| Andy Capicik | 235.38 |
Acro Skiing
| Medal | Name | Nation | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fabrice Becker | 26.89 | ||
| Ian Edmondson Ian Edmondson Ian Edmondson is a British tabloid journalist. He was the news editor at the News of the World. Edmondson was arrested by the Metropolitan police in April 2011 as part of Operation Weeting.-Career:... |
26.39 | ||
| Heini Baumgartner | 25.39 |
Combined
| Medal | Name | Nation | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Darcy Downs | 30.00 | ||
| Toben Sutherland | 27.60 | ||
| Oleg Kouleshov | 24.00 |
Moguls
| Medal | Name | Nation | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Candice Gilg | 24.84 | ||
| Donna Weinbrecht Donna Weinbrecht Donna Weinbrecht won the first gold medal awarded in the first Olympic mogul competitions in freestyle skiing, which were held at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France. Weinbrecht grew up in West Milford, New Jersey... |
24.60 | ||
| Tatjana Mittermayer Tatjana Mittermayer Tatjana Mittermayer is a German freestyle skier and Olympic medalist. She received a silver medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, in moguls.... |
24.19 |
Aerials
| Medal | Name | Nation | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kirstie Marshall Kirstie Marshall Kirstie Marshall is a notable Australian aerial skier and Victorian state politician.Marshall was an ex-gymnast who became an aerial skier at Mount Buller, Victoria. During her skiing career Marshall won over 40 World Cup medals, including 17 World Cup gold medals... |
197.91 | ||
| Michele Rohrbach | 177.84 | ||
| Veronica Brenner Veronica Brenner Veronica Brenner is a Canadian freestyle skier and Olympic medalist. She was born in Scarborough, Ontario. She received a silver medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, in aerials .... |
176.78 |
Acro Skiing
| Medal | Name | Nation | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oksana Kushenko | 25.80 | ||
| Aasa Magnusson | 25.25 | ||
| Annika Johansson | 25.25 |