Han Xiaopeng
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Han Xiaopeng is a freestyle skier who competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics
in Turin
, Italy
, and won gold in the men's aerials event. In this discipline he also won the World Championships
in 2007. Despite these great achievements, he has yet to win a World Cup competition. Han is the first Chinese male athlete to ever win a gold medal at the Winter Olympics.
2006 Winter Olympics
The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XX Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in Turin, Italy from February 10, 2006, through February 26, 2006. This marked the second time Italy hosted the Olympic Winter Games, the first being the VII Olympic Winter...
in Turin
Turin
Turin is a city and major business and cultural centre in northern Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the left bank of the Po River and surrounded by the Alpine arch. The population of the city proper is 909,193 while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat...
, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
, and won gold in the men's aerials event. In this discipline he also won the World Championships
FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships 2007
The 2007 FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships were held in Madonna di Campiglio, Italy, from March 5th-11th. Five events were supposed to be held for each sex, but the half-pipe was canceled.-Skicross:-Moguls:-Dual Moguls:-Aerials:-Skicross:...
in 2007. Despite these great achievements, he has yet to win a World Cup competition. Han is the first Chinese male athlete to ever win a gold medal at the Winter Olympics.