Guo Xinxin

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Guo Xinxin Freestyle skiing
Guo Xinxin - Flower ceremony for Womens Aerials (cropped) .jpg
nation China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China
birthday 2nd August 1983
place of birth Shenyang
size 157 cm
Weight 56 kg
Career
discipline Aerials
society Shenyang Ski Club
status active
Medal table
Olympic games 0 × gold 0 × silver 1 × bronze
World championships 0 × gold 0 × silver 1 × bronze
Olympic rings winter Olympics
bronze 2010 Vancouver Aerials
FIS Freestyle Skiing World Championships
bronze 2005 Ruka Aerials
Placements in the Freestyle Skiing World Cup
 Debut in the World Cup 4th December 1999
 World Cup victories 3
 Overall World Cup 4th (2009/10)
 Aerials World Cup 2. (2009/10)
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 Aerials 3 3 4th
last change: March 20, 2010

Guo Xinxin ( Chinese郭 心心; born August 2, 1983 in Shenyang ) is a Chinese freestyle skier . She specializes in the aerials (jumping) discipline.

biography

On December 19, 1999, Guo took part in Whistler for the first time in a World Cup competition and reached 19th place. She made her first top ten on Sunday River 13 months later . Her best result so far she reached the 2003 World Cup in Deer Valley , where she was fifth. As a result, Guo regularly jumped into the top ten, but there was no podium for the time being. She achieved one for the first time on February 5, 2005, when she won the World Cup competition in her hometown of Shenyang . The 2004/05 season she finished third in the discipline, plus she won the bronze medal at the 2005 World Cup in Ruka, Finland .

After she won a second World Cup competition in Deer Valley at the beginning of 2006, Guo was one of the favorites before the 2006 Winter Olympics . At the Olympic competition held in Sauze d'Oulx , she was in the lead after the first round. But on the second jump she fell and fell back to sixth place; the gold medal was ultimately won by Evelyne Leu from Switzerland . In the following two seasons, Guo remained at the top of the world, even if there were no more wins.

At the beginning of the 2009/10 season, Guo won a World Cup competition for the third time in Changchun . At the 2010 Olympic Winter Games , she was third behind Lydia Lassila and Li Nina .

successes

Olympic games

World championships

World Cup ratings

World Cup victories

Guo Xinxin has achieved 10 podiums so far, including 3 wins:

date place country
February 5, 2005 Shenyang China
January 14, 2006 Deer Valley United States
December 19, 2009 Changchun China

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