Silje Norendal

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Silje Norendal
Personal information
NationalityNorwegian
Born (1993-09-01) 1 September 1993 (age 29)
Kongsberg, Norway
Employer ROCKST★R (Sponsor)
Height167 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight54 kg (119 lb) [1]
Sport
CountryNorway
Sport Snowboarding
Event(s) Slopestyle, Big air
Coached by Per Iver Grimsrud og Sondre Hylland
Medal record
Women's snowboarding
Representing Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Utah Slopestyle
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2017 Sierra Nevada Big air
Winter X Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Aspen Slopestyle
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Aspen Slopestyle
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Aspen Dual slalom
Winter X Games Europe
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2013 TignesSlopeStyle
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2017 HafjellBig air

Silje Norendal (born 1 September 1993) is a Norwegian former snowboarder. She competes in the slopestyle and big air events. Her local club is Kongsberg IF. [2]

She won gold in women's slopestyle in Winter X Games Europe in Tignes in 2013. [3] [4]

In January 2014, she won women's slopestyle in Winter X Games in Aspen, Colorado. [5]

At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, Norendal finished in eleventh place in the Women's Slopestyle finals with a score of 49.50. [6]

In January 2015, she won women's slopestyle for the second time in Winter X Games in Aspen, Colorado.[ citation needed ] [7]

At the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, she finished in fourth place in the women's Women's Slopestyle finals [8] with a score of 73.91. Additionally, she finished in sixth place in the Women's Big Air finals with a score of 131.50. [9]

On 27 July 2018, Norendal got engaged to hockey player Alexander Bonsaksen. [10] In 2021, they had a daughter together.

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  9. "Final results" (PDF). Retrieved 6 February 2022
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