Melanie Palenik
Melanie Palenik (born 1966) is a Canadian-born American freestyle skier and world champion.
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| Nationality | American | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1966 (age 56–57) Windsor, Ontario, Canada[1] | |||||||||||||||||
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| Country | United States | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Freestyle skiing | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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She competed at the FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships 1986 in Tignes, in aerials and moguls. She won a gold medal in combined at the FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships 1989 in Oberjoch, and a bronze medal in aerials, while placing tenth in moguls and tenth in ballet. In 1988 she won a gold medal in aerials at the Olympics in Calgary Canada. She also took part in the FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships 1991 in Lake Placid, New York, where she placed 8th in moguls.[2]
References
- Melanie Palenik at Olympedia
- "Athlete : PALENIK Melanie, WSC". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
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