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Grishin made his international competition debut at the [[European Cup]] at [[Raubichi]], Belarus in December 1995, finishing 11th on first day of competition and 21st on the second day. His first podium finish at an international competition, placing 2nd, was at the International Youth Championship in Chatel, [[France]] in March 1996.<ref name="FIS" />
Grishin made his international competition debut at the [[European Cup]] at [[Raubichi]], Belarus in December 1995, finishing 11th on first day of competition and 21st on the second day. His first podium finish at an international competition, placing 2nd, was at the International Youth Championship in Chatel, [[France]] in March 1996.<ref name="FIS" />


He made his debut at the [[FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup]] in the following year, finishing 4th at the [[Piancavallo]] event in [[Italy]] in December 1997.<ref name="FIS" /> This followed by his Olympics debut at the [[1998 Nagano Games]]. He scored 217.84 points after two jumps, placing 9th in the competition and qualified for the finals. In the finals, he moved up one spot and finished 8th, behind his countryman [[Dmitry Dashchinsky]] who won a bronze medal in this event.<ref>{{cite web |title=Nagano 1998 Official Report - Volume 3 |url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1998/Vol3_e.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080226202657/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1998/Vol3_e.pdf |dead-url=yes |archive-date=February 26, 2008
He made his debut at the [[FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup]] in the following year, finishing 4th at the [[Piancavallo]] event in [[Italy]] in December 1997.<ref name="FIS" /> This followed by his Olympics debut at the [[1998 Nagano Games]]. He scored 217.84 points after two jumps, placing 9th in the competition and qualified for the finals.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1998/FRS/mens-aerials-qualifying-round.html |title=Freestyle Skiing at the 1998 Nagano Winter Games: Men's Aerials Qualifying Round publisher=Sports-Reference.com}}</ref> In the finals, he moved up one spot and finished 8th, behind his countryman [[Dmitry Dashchinsky]] who won a bronze medal in this event.<ref>{{cite web |title=Nagano 1998 Official Report - Volume 3 |url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1998/Vol3_e.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080226202657/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1998/Vol3_e.pdf |dead-url=yes |archive-date=February 26, 2008
|publisher=LA84 Foundation |work=Nagano Olympics Organizing Committee |year=1998 |accessdate=July 20, 2019}}</ref> Grishin finished with a silver medal again in the [[1997–98 FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup|World Cup circuit]] at [[Meiringen]]-[[Hasliberg]] in Switzerland in March 1998.<ref name="FIS" />
|publisher=LA84 Foundation |work=Nagano Olympics Organizing Committee |year=1998 |accessdate=July 20, 2019}}</ref> Grishin finished with a silver medal again in the [[1997–98 FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup|World Cup circuit]] at [[Meiringen]]-[[Hasliberg]] in Switzerland in March 1998.<ref name="FIS" />


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For the Russian ice hockey player, see Alexei Grishin (ice hockey).

Aleksei Grishin
Grishin on a 2010 Belarusian stamp
Personal information
Born18 June 1979 (1979-06-18) (age 45)
Minsk, Belarus[1]
Years active1995-2014
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Weight70 kg (154 lb)[1]
Sport
SportFreestyle skiing
ClubRTsFVS Minsk oblast
Medal record
Men's freestyle skiing
Representing  Belarus
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2010 Vancouver Aerials
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Salt Lake City Aerials
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2001 Whistler Aerials
Silver medal – second place 2003 Deer Valley Aerials
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Ruka Aerials

Aleksei Gennadyevich Grishin (Template:Lang-be; Template:Lang-ru; 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.[2][3] 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.[4] He was the Olympic flag bearer for Belarus at the opening ceremony of the 2014 Games.

Grishin at the 2010 Olympics

Career

Early Career

Aleksei Grishin began his skiing career at 8 years old after his mother saw a newspaper advertisement seeking for freestyle skiers.[1]

Grishin made his international competition debut at the European Cup at Raubichi, Belarus in December 1995, finishing 11th on first day of competition and 21st on the second day. His first podium finish at an international competition, placing 2nd, was at the International Youth Championship in Chatel, France in March 1996.[5]

He made his debut at the FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup in the following year, finishing 4th at the Piancavallo event in Italy in December 1997.[5] This followed by his Olympics debut at the 1998 Nagano Games. He scored 217.84 points after two jumps, placing 9th in the competition and qualified for the finals.[6] In the finals, he moved up one spot and finished 8th, behind his countryman Dmitry Dashchinsky who won a bronze medal in this event.[7] Grishin finished with a silver medal again in the World Cup circuit at Meiringen-Hasliberg in Switzerland in March 1998.[5]

His first competition in the FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships also took place at the Meiringen-Hasliberg ski resort,[5] finishing 26th in the 1999 event.[8]

Beginning of the 21st Century - Years of Success

Grishin reached first place at the first stop of the 1999-2000 circuit in Mount Buller, Victoria on September 11, 1999. The next day he finished first again. In the remaining events of the circuit that year, he finished second place and third place once each, good for second in aerials competition and third overall.[5] In the 2000-2001 World Cup circuit, he finished with one first place and one third place after 15 races,[9][10] outside of the top five for the aerials or overall standings. In between the World Cup competitions, he won gold at the 2001 World Ski Championships in Whistler-Blackcomb.[11]

He began the 2001-2002 World Cup ski season with an eighth place at Mount Buller.[12] He placed second and fourth at Mont Tremblant, Canada followed by first and third place at Lake Placid, United States in January 2002.[5] He finished second in the standings after six World Cup events.[13] At the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, he finished first with 251.76 points in the qualification round and advanced to the finals.[14] He finished third overall in the finals, earning him a bronze medal.[15] His bronze medal was the only medal won by Belarus at that Olympics.[3] He was chosen as the flag bearer for Belarus at the closing ceremony of the 2002 Winter Olympics.[1]

He began 2002-2003 World Cup competition with a second place on the first day of competition at Mount Buller and tenth place on the second day. He finished no higher than 9th place in the four subsequent races in January 2003.[5] He attempted to defend his World Ski Championships title at the 2003 event in Deer Valley, falling just less than 2 points behind Dimitri Arkhipov of Russia.[16] Returning to the World Cup competition, he finished with a 2nd, 10th and 4th place respectively in the remaining three races.[5] He finished fifth in the aerials standings after nine races.[17]

In 2003-2004 World Cup, he had a first place finish at Mont Tremblant and second place finish at Lake Placid in January 2004.[5] He had one more podium finish, a first place in Harbin in February. After 12 races, he was third in the aerials standings.[18]

In the 2004-2005 World Cup season, Grishin started 4 races finishing no higher than 11th place, including the fourth race where he finished at 28th place (out of 35 competitors) on the first day at Lake Placid in January.[19] On the second day at Lake Placid, he improved and finished 6th place.[20] In the next four races, he had 2 third-place finishes. He finished in 8th place after 12 races.[21] In other races, he won a gold medal at the European Cup in Arosa, Switzerland in December 2004 and a bronze medal in the FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships 2005 in March at Ruka, Finland.[5]

At the beginning of the 2005-2006 skiing season, he had a third-place finish on the second day at Mount Buller followed by a fifth and eighth place at Changchun. He finished with a 27th, 20th and 15th place in the three World Cup races leading up to the 2006 Winter Olympics.[5] At this Olympics, he finished 4th in the qualifiers[22] and advanced to the finals. After jump 1 in the finals, he was placed 5th. A strong performance in jump 2 elevated his standing to 4th place overall, but behind his fellow countryman Dmitri Dashinski who finished with a silver medal.[23] He finished this skiing season with a second place at the event in Davos, Switzerland[5] but did not participate in the final event held two weeks later at Apex Mountain Resort, Canada.[24] He finished 10th in the standings after 11 events.[24]

Grishin only had one podium finish (third place) in the 2006-2007 World Cup season, finishing 14th after 6 races.[25] He finished 15th at the 2007 Freestyle World Ski Championships competition.[5] He failed to reach the podium in any of the 2007-2008 World Cup races, including two DNS (did not start) in the first two races of the season at Lianhua Mountain in China.[5] After 8 World Cup races, he finished 19th in the aerials standing.[26] In the 2008-2009 circuit, he started with a first place finish at Adventure Mountain in Changchun, China but failed to reach the podium in the remaining five races.[5] His final standing, after 6 races, was fifth place.[27] He placed 16th place at the 2009 Freestyle World Ski Championships.[28]

2010 Victory to Retirement

Grishin reached the podium only once (in the Calgary race in January 2010) in the World Cup races leading up to the 2010 Winter Olympics. He participated at the Nor-Am Cup, finishing 10th and 3rd place.[5] In the qualification round of the 2010 Winter Olympics, he finished 7th with 234.27 points.[29] In the first jump of the finals, he scored 120.58 points and good for 2nd place. Grishin scored 127.83 points in his second jump for a total score of 248.41 points.[30] Grishin beat the runner-up by 1.2 points, becoming the first person to win gold medal in Winter Olympics for Belarus.[1]

Grishin did not enter the 2011 or 2012 World Cup races. He also skipped the World Ski Championships in 2011. He re-joined for the 2012-2013 World Cup but failed to finish higher than 5th place in seven races. He finished 15th place in the aerials standing.[31] In the following year's World Cup, he had 2 third-place finishes.[5] After five races, he finished 4th in the discipline standings.[32] He also competed in the 2013 World Ski Championships. He finished 13th and did not qualify for the finals.[33]

He was the flag bearer for Belarus for the opening ceremony of 2014 Sochi Olympics.[1] In the first qualification round, he finished 20th place (second last).[34] He placed 9th in the second qualification round and unable to advance to the finals.[35] He retired from the sport after this event.[5]

In July 2019, Grishin decided to put his 2010 Winter Olympics gold medal up for auction to raise money for a close individual who required a serious medical surgery.[2] The medal was sold for US$55,000. Previously, the medal was on temporary loan and displayed in the Museum of Contemporary Belarusian Statehood in Minsk.[36]

He studied at Belarusian State University of Physical Training in Minsk.[37]

Awards and honours

Medal for the honorary title of "Honored Master of Sports of the Republic of Belarus"

Grishin was approved as a coach by the government in 1995. He was awarded with the International Champion title in 1998 after competing in the World Cup. In 2001, he was awarded with the honorary title of Honored Master of Sports of the Republic of Belarus.[38]

References

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  37. ^ "25 октября в университете состоится открытие художественной выставки «Героев спорта знаем имена»" [On October 25, the University will host the opening of the art exhibition “Heroes of Sport Know the Names”] (in Russian). Belarusian State University of Physical Training.
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