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Aleksei Gennadyevich Grishin is a Belarusian freestyle skier who competed at five consecutive Olympics from 1998 to 2014. He won Belarus' only medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics, a bronze in aerials. In 2010, he won the first ever Winter Olympics gold medal for his country, again in the aerials. He finished fourth in 2006 and eighth in 1998. He was the Olympic flag bearer for Belarus at the opening ceremony of the 2014 Games.

Early career
Aleksei Grishin began his freestyle skiing career at the age of eight after his mother saw a newspaper advertisement recruiting skiers for the sport. Grishin made his international competition debut at the European Cup at Raubichi, Belarus in December 1995, finishing 11th on the first day of competition and 21st on the second day. His first podium finish at an international competition, placing second, was at the International Youth Championship in Chatel, France in March 1996. In the finals, he moved up one spot and finished eighth behind fellow countryman Dmitry Dashchinsky, who won a bronze medal in this event. Grishin finished with a silver medal again in the World Cup circuit at Meiringen-Hasliberg in Switzerland in March 1998. ==Career==
Career
1999–2000 season Grishin reached first place at the first stop of the 1999–2000 circuit in Mount Buller, Victoria on 11 September 1999. The next day he finished in first place again. In the remaining events of the circuit that year, he finished in second place and third place once each, achieving second in aerials competition and third overall. In between the World Cup competitions, he won gold at the 2001 World Ski Championships in Whistler-Blackcomb. 2001–2002 season He began the 2001–2002 World Cup ski season with an eighth-place finish at Mount Buller. He placed fourth and second at Mont Tremblant, Canada, followed by first and third place at Lake Placid in January 2002. At the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, he finished first with 251.76 points in the qualification round and advanced to the finals. He placed third overall in the finals, earning him a bronze medal. His bronze medal was the only medal won by Belarus at that Olympics. Returning to the World Cup competition, he finished with a second, tenth, and fourth place, respectively, in the remaining three races. 2003–2004 season In the 2003–2004 World Cup, Grishin had a first-place finish at Mont Tremblant and second-place finish at Lake Placid in January 2004. 2004–2005 season In the 2004–2005 World Cup season, Grishin started four races, finishing no higher than eleventh place, On the second day at Lake Placid, he improved and finished in sixth place. In the next four races, he had two third-place finishes. He finished in eighth place after 12 races. In other races, he won a gold medal at the European Cup in Arosa, Switzerland, in December 2004 and a bronze medal in the FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships 2005 in March at Ruka, Finland. and advanced to the finals. After jump 1 in the finals, he was placed fifth. Jump 2 elevated his standing to fourth place overall, but behind his fellow countryman Dmitri Dashinski who finished with a silver medal. Grishin finished this skiing season with a second place at the event in Davos, Switzerland, He finished 10th in the standings after 11 events. He finished 15th at the 2007 Freestyle World Ski Championships competition. 2008–2009 season In the 2008–2009 circuit, Grishin started with a first-place finish at Adventure Mountain in Changchun, China, but failed to reach the podium in the remaining five races. 2009–2010 season He placed 16th place at the 2009 Freestyle World Ski Championships. Grishin reached the podium only once (in the Calgary race in January 2010) in the World Cup races leading up to the 2010 Winter Olympics. He participated at the Nor-Am Cup, finishing in tenth and third place. In the first jump of the finals, he scored 120.58 points and placed second. Grishin scored 127.83 points in his second jump for a total score of 248.41 points. Grishin beat the runner-up by 1.2 points in the finals, In the following year's World Cup, he had two third-place finishes. He also competed in the 2013 World Ski Championships. He finished 13th and did not qualify for the finals. 2014 Winter Olympics and retirement He was the flag bearer for Belarus for the opening ceremony of the 2014 Sochi Olympics. Placing ninth in the second qualification round, he was unable to advance to the finals. He retired from the sport after this event. ==Sale of Olympic medals==
Sale of Olympic medals
In July 2019, Grishin decided to put his 2010 Winter Olympics gold medal up for auction to raise money for a close individual who required a serious medical surgery. The medal was sold for US$55,000. Grishin also sold his 2002 Winter Olympics bronze medal, which garnered US$22,778. ==Personal life==
Personal life
Grishin studied at Belarusian State University of Physical Training in Minsk. ==Awards and honours==
Awards and honours
Grishin was approved as a coach by the government in 1995. He was awarded with the International Champion title in 1998 after competing in the World Cup. In 2001, he was awarded with the honorary title of Honored Master of Sports of the Republic of Belarus. ==References==
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