Matt Salerno
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{{Short description|Australian inline skater (born 1978)}}
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{{Medal|Silver|2000 Melbourne, Australia |Vert}}
{{Medal|Gold|2000 Nashville, TN, USA |Vert}}
{{Medal|Silver|1999 Boulder, CO, USA |Vert}}
{{Medal|Gold|1999 Ft. Myers, FL, USA |Vert}}
{{Medal|Bronze|1999 Richmond, VA, USA |Vert}}
{{Medal|Bronze|1999 Summer X Games |Vert}}
{{Medal|Silver|1998 Summer X Games |Vert}}
{{Medal|Gold|1997 Naples, FL, USA |Vert}}
{{Medal|Gold|1996 Lausanne Lausanne |Vert}}
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Matt Salerno is an Australian former professional inline skater and four times world champion. Salerno was famous for his style and his unrestricted skating ability and won both vert and street competitions. Salerno started skating very young, turned professional in 1996 and still skates to this day.{{when|date=November 2014}} He was a big influence in the vert skating style.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5WdFCQAAQBAJ&dq=matt+salerno+inline+skater&pg=PA94|title=Encyclopedia of Extreme Sports|first=Kelly Boyer|last=Sagert|date=30 December 2008|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=9780313344732 |accessdate=13 December 2016|via=Google Books}}
Vert competitions
- 2000 Australian Inline Skating Championships Melbourne, Australia Vert 2
- 2000 Asa Hermosa Beach, CA Vert 6
- 2000 X Trials Nashville, TN Vert 1
- 2000 X Trials St. Petersburg, FL Street 2
- 2000 X Trials St. Petersburg, FL Vert 5
- 1999 ASA Boulder, CO Street 2
- 1999 ASA Boulder, CO Vert 2
- 1999 ASA World Championships Ft. Myers, FL Street 4
- 1999 ASA World Championships Ft. Myers, FL Vert 1
- 1999 Gravity Games Providence, RI Vert 6
- 1999 X Trials Richmond, VA Street 3
- 1999 X Trials Richmond, VA Vert 1
- 1999 Summer X Games Street 4
- 1999 Summer X Games Vert 3
- 1999 Summer X Games Vert Triples 2
- 1998 Asa Overall Overall 1
- 1998 Asa World Championships Las Vegas Street 1
- 1998 Goodwill Games New York Street 1
- 1998 X Trials Virginia Beach Vert 1
- 1998 Summer X Games Vert 2
- 1998 Summer X Games Vert Triples 2
- 1997 ASA Overall Champion Vert 1
- 1997 ASA World Championships Naples, FL Vert 1
- 1996 Lausanne Lausanne, Sui Vert 1
- 1995 Summer X Games Vert 6{{cite web|url=http://www.skatelog.com/x-games/results/medalwinners.htm|title=History of X Games Medal Winners - Aggressive Inline Skating|work=skatelog.com|accessdate=13 December 2016}}
- 1995 Summer X Games Street 1
References
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External links
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- [http://www.reocities.com/Pipeline/2454/bladers/salerno.htm reocities.com]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20000303021149/http://www.rollerblade.com/skate/tarmac/team_rollerblade/bios/matt_salerno_int.html rollerblade.com]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20020805041906/http://expn.go.com/inl/s/000818morasalerno.html expn.go.com]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20121104235446/http://www.rollerblading.com.au/aggressiveinline.htm rollerblading.com.au]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20121104204856/http://www.rollerblading.com.au/mattsalerno.htm rollerblading.com.au]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20040612015944/http://expn.go.com/athletes/bios/SALERNO_MATT.html expn.go.com]
- [http://www.skatelog.com/skaters/matt-salerno/ skatelog.com]
- [http://www.be-mag.com/article/2399-In-the-Know-CJ-Wellsmore be-mag.com]
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