Torin Yater-Wallace

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Torin Yater-Wallace
Torin Yater-Wallace.jpg
2012
Born (1995-12-02) December 2, 1995 (age 27)
Aspen, Colorado, U.S.
Height5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Medal record
Men's freestyle skiing
Representing the Flag of the United States.svg  United States
FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2013 Voss Halfpipe
Winter X Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2011 Aspen SuperPipe
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2013 Aspen SuperPipe
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2012 Aspen SuperPipe
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Aspen SuperPipe
Winter X Games Europe
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2012 Tignes SuperPipe
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013 Tignes SuperPipe
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Oslo SuperPipe
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2011 Tignes SuperPipe

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 free skiers in the world. [2]

Contents

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

2016Competition Highlights

1st Winter X-Games Europe Oslo Norway

2014Competition 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

2022 'Chameleon" - Deviate Productions
2021 'Good Luck' - Deviate Productions
2020 'Deviate' - Deviate Productions
2017 'Back to Life' - Red Bull Mediahouse
2013 'Partly Cloudy' – Level 1 Productions [10]
2012 ‘Sunny’ – Level 1 Productions [11]
2011 ‘Attack of La Nina’ – Matchstick Productions [12]

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