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] Following the X Games, Kleveland attend his first olympics at only 18, placing 6th in the Men's Slopestyle and 18th in Big Air. After the Winter Olympics 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] Marcus achieved his best feat in competition obtaining 3 medals at the Winter X Games 2022. He took home gold in the Men's Snowboard Big Air and Men's Snowboard Knuckle Huck as well as a silver in Men's Snowboard Slopestyle. Kleveland went on to place 8th in Men's Slopestyle at the 2022 Winter Olympics.

Marcus Kleveland
Personal information
NationalityNorwegian
Born (1999-04-25) 25 April 1999
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
2021 AspenSlopestyle
2017 Sierra NevadaBig air
2021 AspenBig air
Winter X Games
2017 AspenSlopestyle
2018 AspenSlopestyle
2021 AspenBig Air
2022 AspenBig Air
2020 NorwayKnuckle Huck
2022 AspenKnuckle Huck
2017 AspenBig Air
2018 AspenBig Air
2022 AspenSlopestyle

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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