Aleš Valenta
 Aleš Valenta in 2022 | ||
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2002 Salt Lake City | Aerials |
Aleš Valenta (Czech pronunciation: [ˈalɛʃ ˈvalɛnta]) (born 6 February 1973 in Šumperk, Czechoslovakia) is a former Czech freestyle skier who participated 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.
In December 2007 Valenta won the second season of StarDance with his professional partner Iva Langerová.[1]
References
- ^ "Vítězi StarDance jsou Aleš Valenta a Iva Langerová". Deník (in Czech). Vltava Labe Media. 23 December 2007. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
External links
- (in Czech) Official Web site
- (in Czech) Official Web site on Ales Valenta Acrobat Park
- (in Czech) Profile on Czech Olympic Committee's Web site
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- 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 for the Czech Republic
- Olympic medalists in freestyle skiing
- Medalists at the 2002 Winter Olympics
- Sportspeople from Šumperk
- European freestyle skiing biography stubs
- Czech winter sports biography stubs
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