Jia Zongyang
Zongyang Jia (Chinese贾 宗 洋, Pinyin Jiǎ Zongyang, born March 1, 1991, Fushun ) is a Chinese freestyle skis. He specializes in the discipline Aerials ( jumping). His biggest success is winning the World Cup discipline rating of the season 2012/13.
Biography
On December 20, 2008 Jia made her debut in the freestyle skiing World Cup and reached the Chinese Adventure Mountain ski resort immediately to fourth place. Two months later he won at the Winter Universiade in Harbin Yabuli the gold medal; However, this success should not be measured because the field was very small. At the start of the following season 2009/10 he won on December 20, 2009 in Changchun his first World Cup Jumping, three weeks later, in Calgary the next victory. At the Olympic Winter Games 2010, he was sixth. In 2011 he won the gold medal at the Asian Winter Games in Almaty.
In the 2011/12 season Jia won three World Cup competitions, finishing in the Aerials - discipline score to second place. After three World Cup victories at the start of the 2012/13 season he was before the World Cup 2013 in Voss to the most frequently mentioned favorites, but could not quite meet the expectations and won the bronze medal. In contrast, he decided the Aerials - discipline standings of the World Cup itself. Another bronze medal he won at the Olympic Winter Games 2014 in Sochi.
Achievements
Olympic games
- Vancouver 2010: 6 Aerials
- Sochi 2014: 3 Aerials
World Championships
- Voss 2013: 3 Aerials
World Cup ratings
- Season 2009/ 10: 9 Overall World Cup, 3rd World Cup Aerials
- Season 2010/ 11: 10th overall World Cup, 4 Aerials World Cup
- Season 2011/12: 6 Overall World Cup, 2nd Aerials World Cup
- Season 2012/13: 4th overall World Cup, 1st Aerials World Cup
- Season 2013/14: 9 Aerials World Cup
World Cup wins
Jia won the previous 13 podiums, 9 wins: