Cheng Shuang

Cheng Shuang (Chinese程 爽, born February 11, 1987 in Jilin ) is a Chinese freestyle skier. She specializes in the discipline Aerials ( jumping). In 2011 she became World Champion in the World Cup season 2010/11 she decided the discipline rating for themselves.

Biography

Cheng made ​​her debut in the World Cup on September 6, 2003 at Mount Buller, where she was immediately Ninth. The best result in their inaugural season was a fourth place at Mont Tremblant. The first podium it achieved on 14 January 2005, as a third party in Lake Placid. A week later, she won the World Cup in Fernie. At the World Cup in 2005 they could not meet the high expectations and jumped only on the 24th Place.

Although Cheng enter the season 2005/ 06 a further two podium finishes in the World Cup, but she could not due to the strong internal team competition qualify for the Olympic Games. In 2007, she also failed to qualify for the World Cup, a podium at season's end came too late. In the World Cup season 2007/ 08 Cheng was twice third parties. In the winter of 2008/ 09 was followed by two second and one third place in World Cup competition it came up winning the silver medal at the Winter Universiade and a sixth place finish at the World Cup 2009.

2010 Cheng was once again second in a World Cup competition and placed himself at the Olympic Winter Games 2010 in seventh. After the season had started well with a second and two third places 2010/11, she succeeded on January 29, 2011 in Calgary, the second World Cup victory - a little more than six years after the first. A week later she was winning the gold medal at the 2011 World Championships in Deer Valley celebrate the biggest success of her career. At the end of the season it was clear as a winner of the Aerials - discipline standings of the World Cup. In the World Cup season 2011/12 was five times Cheng Second, while every time Mengtao Xu was beaten, and twice third parties. This was enough in the discipline score for the second place.

Achievements

Olympic games

  • Vancouver 2010: 7 Aerials
  • Sochi 2014: 5 Aerials

World Championships

  • Ruka 2005: 24 Aerials
  • Inawashiro 2009: 6 Aerials
  • Deer Valley 2011: 1st Aerials

World Cup ratings

  • Season 2006/ 07: 6 Aerials World Cup
  • Season 2007/ 08: 9 Aerials World Cup
  • Season 2008/ 09: 3 Aerials World Cup
  • Season 2009/ 10: 6 Aerials World Cup
  • Season 2010/ 11: 3 Overall World Cup, 1st Aerials World Cup
  • Season 2011/12: 6 Overall World Cup, 2nd Aerials World Cup
  • Season 2013/14: 5 Aerial World Cup

World Cup wins

Cheng won until now 24 podium finishes, including 4 victories:

Other successes

  • Silver Medal Winter Universiade 2009
  • 1 podium in the European Cup
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