Kevin Rolland

Kévin Rolland (born 10 August 1989) is a French freestyle skier. He won the gold medal at the 2009 FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships in the halfpipe.^[2] He lost his title in 2011 to the Canadian Mike Riddle but still finished on the podium at the second place.

Kévin Rolland

Rolland in 2014
Personal information
Nationality	French
Born	(1989-08-10) 10 August 1989 (age 35) Bourg-Saint-Maurice, France[1]
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
Country	France
Sport	freestyle skiing
Event	Halfpipe
Club	C.S. La Plagne
Medal record Men's Freestyle skiing Representing  France Olympic Games 2014 Sochi Halfpipe World Championships 2009 Inawashiro Halfpipe 2011 Deer Valley Halfpipe 2019 Utah Halfpipe 2017 Sierra Nevada Halfpipe Winter X Games 2010 Aspen SuperPipe 2010 Tignes SuperPipe 2011 Aspen SuperPipe 2011 Tignes SuperPipe 2016 Aspen SuperPipe 2014 Aspen SuperPipe 2015 Aspen SuperPipe 2010 Aspen SuperPipe High Air

Rolland has also won seven medals at the Winter X Games and two medals at the Winter X Games Europe, including back-to-back golds in the SuperPipe at both events.^[3][4] Rolland also became the overall Winter Dew Tour Superpipe Champion in 2011.^[5]

During the development of the open world extreme sports video game Steep, several professional skiers, including Kevin Rolland and extreme sports athletes and experts were consulted by the developing team.^[6]

Although hospitalised by a fall in 2019 which left him with head trauma, multiple contusions to his liver, kidneys, and lungs, and fractured his ribs and pelvis, Rolland made a comeback at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.^[7]