Kyle Nissen
Nissen in Parade of Champions in Calgary (2014)
Personal information
NationalityCanadian
Born (1979-08-23) August 23, 1979
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Sport
CountryCanada
Sportfreestyle skiing

Kyle Nissen (born August 23, 1979) is a Canadian freestyle skier.[1]

Born in Calgary, Alberta, Nissen competes in aerials, and made his World Cup debut in December 1999. He made his first World Cup podium later that season, winning an event in Heavenly, California.[2]

Nissen has won one other World Cup event, at Mont Gabriel in 2006, and has placed on the podium at 10 other events. His most successful season came in 2006, when he placed 2nd overall in the World Cup standings, behind Dmitri Dashinski. Nissen's best showing at the World Championships came in 2005, when he finished 5th, also behind Dashinski.[2]

Nissen also competed in the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, qualifying for the aerials final 7th place. In the final, he was 9th after the first jump, but moved up to 5th after scoring the most points in the competition on the second jump.[3]

At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Nissen finished 9th in the qualification with 233.71 points after two jumps and qualified for the finals[4] In jump 1 of the finals, he scored 126.92 points and led the second place competitor Aleksei Grishin of Belarus by 6.34 points. However, in jump 2, Nissen performed poorly and scored only 112.39 points, second-last from the 12 competitors in the finals. Nissen finished with an overall result of fifth place.[5]

World Cup Podiums

[2]

Date Location Rank
January 23, 2000Heavenly1st place, gold medalist(s)
September 8, 2001Mount Buller2nd place, silver medalist(s)
December 5, 2003Ruka2nd place, silver medalist(s)
February 19, 2005Sauze d'Oulx2nd place, silver medalist(s)
March 5, 2005Špindlerův Mlýn3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
September 3, 2005Mount Buller2nd place, silver medalist(s)
December 16, 2005Changchun3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
December 18, 2005Changchun2nd place, silver medalist(s)
January 8, 2006Mount Gabriel1st place, gold medalist(s)
January 14, 2006Deer Valley3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
February 25, 2007Apex2nd place, silver medalist(s)
January 18, 2009Lake Placid2nd place, silver medalist(s)

References

  1. ↑ "Kyle Nissen Biography and Statistics". Olympics at Sportsreference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 September 2009.
  2. 1 2 3 "FIS-biography". fis-ski.com. Archived from the original on 11 July 2011. Retrieved 29 September 2009.
  3. ↑ "Torino 2006 Official Report - Freestyle Skiing" (PDF). Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. Retrieved September 29, 2009.
  4. ↑ "Cypress Mountain Freestyle Skiing Men's Aerials Qualification" (PDF). VANOC. 2010-02-22.
  5. ↑ "Cypress Mountain Freestyle Skiing Men's Final" (PDF). VANOC. 2010-02-25.
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