吉安-西门 gian simmen （滑板滑雪 瑞士）
lausanne, olympic museum, 14 january 1999: round table on the theme "snowboarders and the olympic games". bertrand denervaud, gian simmen and gilles voirol.
born: 19 february 1977
birthplace: arosa (switzerland)
nationality: switzerland
sport: skiing
attendance at the olympic games
nagano 1998
salt lake city 2002
turin 2006
awards
olympic medals:
gold: 1
two dream runs
the snowboarding halfpipe event was added to the olympic programme in 1998. gian simmen, a 20-year-old from arosa, switzerland, was not one of the favourites. the competition began with a qualifying round. the top six snowboarders advanced directly to the final. the rest of the entrants took part in a second qualifying round. the top six in that round also went on to the final. in the opening round, simmen finished only 21st. he scraped through to the final by placing third in the second qualifying round. once in the final, however, simmen performed like a champion. competing in a downpour, he put together two solid runs and earned a clear victory. "i can't believe it," he said. "i've never ridden like this before. maybe only in my dreams."
生日：1977年2月19日
出生地：阿罗萨，瑞士
国籍: 瑞士
项目: 滑板滑雪
参加奥运会时间：
1998年日本长野冬季奥运会
2002年盐湖城冬季奥运会
奥运成绩:
金牌 1枚
两次梦幻跳跃
1998年奥运会上，单板滑雪男子u型池项目第一次被列为冬奥会正式比赛项目。来自瑞士阿罗萨的20岁运动员吉安-西门在赛前并不被广泛看好。在首先进行的资格赛中，前六名选手可以直接进入最后的决赛，其余运动员将进行第二轮预赛争夺余下的几个决赛名额。 在第一轮比赛中，西门仅名列21，但他在第二轮预赛中名列第三，顺利闯入最后的决赛，在决赛中吉安-西门的表现像一名冠军级选手，凭借两次完美的表演，夺取金牌。西门夺冠后的兴奋之情难以言表，“我真不敢相信，我没想到我能表现得那么好，这一切以前只能在梦中出现过”。