Aleksei Grishin
For the Russian ice hockey player, see Alexei Grishin (ice hockey).
Grishin on a 2010 Belarusian stamp | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born |
18 June 1979 (age 36) Minsk, Belarus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 70 kg (150 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Freestyle skiing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | RTsFVS Minsk oblast | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Aleksei Gennadyevich Grishin (Belarusian: Аляксей Генадзьевіч Грышын; Russian: Алексей Геннадьевич Гришин; born 18 June 1979) is a Belarusian freestyle skier who competed at five consecutive Olympics from 1998 to 2014. He won Belarus' only medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics, a bronze in aerials.[1] In 2010, he won the first ever winter Olympic gold medal for his country, again in the aerials. He finished fourth in 2006 and eighths in 1998.[2] He was the Olympic flag bearer for Belarus at the 2014 Games.
References
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- ↑ National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Belarus, retrieved 20 January 2007.
- ↑ "Aleksey Grishin". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.
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Preceded by Oleg Antonenko |
Flagbearer for Belarus Sochi 2014 |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
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