Kristi Leskinen

Kristi Leskinen
Personal information
Born (1981-02-10) February 10, 1981 (age 43)
Hopwood, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Websitewww.kristileskinen.com
Sport
Country United States
SportFreestyle Skiing
Medal record
FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships
Silver medal – second place 2005 Ruka Halfpipe
X Games
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Aspen Superpipe
Updated on August 1, 2013
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Kristi Leskinen (born February 10, 1981, in Uniontown, Pennsylvania) is an American freestyle skier.

At Winter X Games IX, Leskinen won a bronze medal in the Women's Superpipe.[1][citation needed]

Leskinen was the first woman to pull off a rodeo 720: two rotations with her head pointed towards the earth. She was named one of the Twenty Greatest Adventure Sport Athletes of today by Faces Magazine in fall of 2005. She appeared on the cover of Powder magazine's Photo Annual in 2004.[2]

  1. ^ "Women's Ski SuperPipe Results." EXPN.com, May 14, 2007. http://expn.go.com/expn/story?pageName=wx9_skipipew_results
  2. ^ "Kristi Leskinen". Redbull. Archived from the original on December 15, 2005.