Torin Yater-Wallace
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Torin Yater-Wallace (born December 2, 1995, in Aspen, Colorado) is a freestyle skier from the United States. He won a silver medal at Winter X Games XV in the superpipe, making him the youngest medalist in Winter X-Games history.[1] Torin is one of the best up-and-coming free skiers in the world.[2]
During the summer, Yater-Wallace can be found at Mt. Hood, Oregon, where he hosts a Takeover Session at Windells Camp.[3]
Early and personal life[]
At just 15 years of age, Yater-Wallace was the third-youngest male competitor in Winter X Games history.[4] In early 2016 he bought a house in Basalt, Colorado.[5]
Career[]
2016 Competition Highlights
- 1st Winter X-Games Europe Oslo Norway
2014 Competition Highlights
- 1st Olympics Sochi, Russia
2013 Competition Highlights [6]
- 2nd Winter X-Games Aspen, CO
- 2nd US Grand Prix Park City, UT
- 1st Olympic Test Event Sochi, Russia
- 2nd FIS World Championships Voss, Norway
- 1st Winter X-Games Europe Tignes France
2012 Competition Highlights [7]
- 1st NZ Winter Games Snowpark, NZ
- 2nd NZ Freeski Open Candrona, NZ
- 3rd Winter Dew Tour Ogden, UT
- 1st Winter Dew Tour, Killington, VT
- 2nd Winter Dew Tour Overall
- 3rd Winter X-Games Aspen, CO
- 1st Winter X-Games Europe Tignes, FR
During the 2012 U.S. Grand Prix slopestyle competition, Yater-Wallace landed the first switch 1800 jump completed in competition[8]
2011 Competition Highlights [9]
- 2nd Winter X-Games Aspen
- 3rd Winter X-Games Europe, Tignes, France
- 2nd Grand Prix Copper, CO
Film segments[]
- 2013 'Partly Cloudy' – Level 1 Productions[10]
- 2012 ‘Sunny’ – Level 1 Productions[11]
- 2011 ‘Attack of La Nina’ – Matchstick Productions[12]
References[]
- ^ http://www.kelloggs.com/en_US/teamusa.html
- ^ http://espn.go.com/x-games/winter/2011/results/?page=mens-ski-superpipe-results – Results from ESPN.com
- ^ "Ski Takeover Sessions - Windells Camp". Windells. Retrieved February 7, 2018.
- ^ http://espn.go.com/action/athlete?id=60220 – ESPN Bio
- ^ Aspen halfpipe skier Torin Yater-Wallace battles back from accident – The Denver Post Retrieved 2016-11-13.
- ^ http://armadaskis.com/team/am/torin-yater-wallace/
- ^ http://armadaskis.com/team/am/torin-yater-wallace/
- ^ http://espn.go.com/action/freeskiing/story/_/id/7635646/sigourney-wise-turski-wallisch-win-us-grand-prix-mammoth[bare URL]
- ^ http://armadaskis.com/team/am/torin-yater-wallace/
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on October 31, 2013. Retrieved October 31, 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on October 31, 2013. Retrieved October 31, 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on May 14, 2012. Retrieved September 24, 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
External links[]
- FIS-Ski.com – Biography
- http://armadaskis.com/team/am/torin-yater-wallace/
- Torin Yater-Wallace on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook
- 1995 births
- Superpipe skiers
- Living people
- American male freestyle skiers
- Sportspeople from Aspen, Colorado
- X Games athletes
- Olympic freestyle skiers of the United States
- Freestyle skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
- People from Basalt, Colorado
- Freestyle skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics