Marcus Kleveland

Marcus Kleveland (born 25 April 1999) is a Norwegian professional snowboarder from Dombås 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]

Marcus Kleveland
Personal information
NationalityNorwegian
Born (1999-04-25) 25 April 1999
Lillehammer, Norway
Height1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
Sport
CountryNorway
SportSnowboarding
Event(s)Slopestyle
Big Air
TeamNorwegian
Turned pro2013
Medal record
Winter X Games
2017 AspenSlopestyle
2018 AspenSlopestyle
2017 AspenBig Air
2018 NorwayBig Air
2020 NorwayKnuckle Huck

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". xgames.espn.com. 29 January 2017.
  4. "Winter X Games 2017 Men's Big Air results". xgames.espn.com. 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


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