Nationality Canadian Role Freestyle skier Country Canada Height 1.77 m | Weight 77 kg Name Kyle Nissen | |
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Born August 23, 1979 (age 45) ( 1979-08-23 ) Calgary, Alberta, Canada | ||
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Kyle Nissen (born August 23, 1979 in Calgary) is a Canadian freestyle skier.
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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.
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.
Nissen also competed 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.