At Winter X Games IX, Leskinen won a bronze medal in the Women's Superpipe.
12 Facts About Kristi Leskinen
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Kristi Leskinen was the first woman to pull off a rodeo 720: two rotations with her head pointed towards the earth.
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Kristi Leskinen was named one of the Twenty Greatest Adventure Sport Athletes of today by Faces Magazine in fall of 2005.
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Kristi Leskinen appeared on the cover of Powder magazine's Photo Annual in 2004.
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Kristi Leskinen was born in 1981 and grew up in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, near Seven Springs Mountain Resort and Hidden Valley Resort.
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Kristi Leskinen learned to pole vault two weeks before Regionals her senior year of high school; she set a school record while qualifying for the State Championships.
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Kristi Leskinen won the first mogul contest she entered and she was being groomed to compete in the Olympics as a teenager.
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Kristi Leskinen took second in the US Wakeboard Nationals and fourth at the World Championship.
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Kristi Leskinen realized that videos reach a bigger audience than a single contest.
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Kristi Leskinen was named of the "100 Hottest Women of 2005" by FHM.
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In early 2009, Kristi Leskinen appeared on the show The Superstars on ABC, which pitted pairs of athletes and celebrities in a series of athletic events.
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Kristi Leskinen appeared on the 30th season of The Amazing Race with teammate Jen Hudak; they finished in 3rd place.