Marcus Kleveland

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Marcus Kleveland
Personal information
NationalityNorwegian
Born (1999-04-25) 25 April 1999 (age 22)
Lillehammer, Norway
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Sport
CountryNorway
SportSnowboarding
Event(s)Slopestyle
Big Air
Knuckle huck
ClubDombaas Il
Turned pro2013
Medal record
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Aspen Slopestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Sierra Nevada Big air
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Aspen Big air
Winter X Games
Gold medal – first place 2017 Aspen Slopestyle
Gold medal – first place 2018 Aspen Slopestyle
Gold medal – first place 2021 Aspen Big Air
Gold medal – first place 2020 Norway Knuckle Huck
Silver medal – second place 2017 Aspen Big Air
Silver medal – second place 2018 Aspen Big Air

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]

References[]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Hove, Lasse Bjarte (29 January 2017). "Marcus (17) tok gull i X Games" (in Norwegian). TY 2 AS. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  3. ^ "Winter X Games 2017 Men's Slopestyle results". ESPN. 29 January 2017.
  4. ^ "Winter X Games 2017 Men's Big Air results". ESPN. 29 January 2017.
  5. ^ "Marcus Kleveland's official X Games athlete biography". X Games. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  6. ^ Burton (10 March 2018), 2018 Burton U·S·Open Men's Slopestyle Finals – Marcus Kleveland's 3rd Place Run, retrieved 26 March 2019
  7. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: The Real Cost Men’s Snowboard Big Air: FULL BROADCAST | X Games Aspen 2021. YouTube.

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