Kyle Nissen

Kyle Nissen (born August 23, 1979) is a Canadian freestyle skier.

Born in Calgary, Alberta, 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.

At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Nissen finished 9th in the qualification with 233.71 points after two jumps and qualified for the finals In jump 1 of the finals, he scored 126.92 points and led the second place competitor Aleksei Grishin of Belarus by 6.34 points. However, in jump 2, Nissen performed poorly and scored only 112.39 points, second-last from the 12 competitors in the finals. Nissen finished with an overall result of fifth place.

World Cup podiums

Date Location RankJanuary 23, 2000 Heavenly September 8, 2001 Mount Buller December 5, 2003 Ruka February 19, 2005 Sauze d'Oulx March 5, 2005 Špindlerův Mlýn September 3, 2005 Mount Buller December 16, 2005 Changchun December 18, 2005 Changchun January 8, 2006 Mount Gabriel January 14, 2006 Deer Valley February 25, 2007 Apex January 18, 2009 Lake Placid