Tiril Sjåstad Christiansen

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Tiril Sjåstad Christiansen
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Born (1995-04-07) 7 April 1995 (age 27)
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Height167 cm (5 ft 6 in) (2014) [1]
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CountryNorway
SportFreestyle skiing
Medal record
Updated on 27 February 2016.

Tiril Sjåstad Christiansen (born 7 April 1995) is a Norwegian freestyle skier. She hails from Geilo and represents Geilo IL. [2] She won her first Winter X Games medal in the Women's Slopestyle at the Winter X Games XVII in Aspen, Colorado. She won gold ahead of Kaya Turski and Dara Howell. Months later she continued to dominate on the podium and won her second Winter X Games medal, but this time it was a silver. [3] [4] [5]

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References

  1. Norway Olympic Team and Media Guide Sochi 2014. Norway: Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports. 2014. p. 63.
  2. FIS profile
  3. "X Games Aspen 2013. Women's ski slopestyle – final" . Retrieved 28 January 2013.
  4. "17-åring falt, men vant gull i X-Games". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 28 January 2013.
  5. "– En HELT RÅ sesong!" (in Norwegian). 22 March 2013. Retrieved 22 March 2013.