Marcus Kleveland
Marcus Kleveland (born 25 April 1999) is a Norwegian professional snowboarder who specializes in the slopestyle and big air events. He was the first ever to complete a quad cork 1800 in competition and won gold in Slopestyle and silver in Big Air at his Winter X Games debut in 2017. He also won the world cup of Milan in November 2016.[1][2][3][4] In 2018, he won 2 medals at Winter X Games : Gold at Slopstyle and a 2nd place at Big air.[5] After the Winter X Games he won a 3rd place at 2018 Burton U-S Open Slopestyle.[6] In the Big Air event at X Games 2021 he took home gold[7]
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| Nationality | Norwegian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 April 1999 Lillehammer, Norway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Norway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Snowboarding | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Slopestyle Big Air | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Dombaas Il | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turned pro | 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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References
- Schmitz, Marlon (28 January 2017). "Kleveland stomps first ever Quad Cork in a comp". Redbull.com. Archived from the original on 29 January 2017. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
- Hove, Lasse Bjarte (29 January 2017). "Marcus (17) tok gull i X Games" (in Norwegian). TY 2 AS. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
- "Winter X Games 2017 Men's Slopestyle results". ESPN. 29 January 2017.
- "Winter X Games 2017 Men's Big Air results". ESPN. 29 January 2017.
- "Marcus Kleveland's official X Games athlete biography". X Games. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
- Burton (10 March 2018), 2018 Burton U·S·Open Men's Slopestyle Finals – Marcus Kleveland's 3rd Place Run, retrieved 26 March 2019
- Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: The Real Cost Men’s Snowboard Big Air: FULL BROADCAST | X Games Aspen 2021. YouTube.
External links
- Marcus Kleveland at FIS (snowboarding)
- Marcus Kleveland at Olympedia
- Marcus Kleveland at the X Games
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