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.
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- Freestyle skiers at the 2002 Winter Olympics
- Freestyle skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics
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- 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
