Christian Nummedal

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Christian Nummedal
Personal information
Born (1995-11-03) 3 November 1995 (age 27)
Sport
CountryFlag of Norway.svg  Norway
Sport Freestyle skiing
Event(s) Slopestyle, Big air

Christian Nummedal (born 3 November 1995) is a Norwegian freestyle skier. He competed in big air at Winter X Games XXII. [1]

Nummedal competed in slopestyle at the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2017 and represented Norway in slopestyle at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang. [2]

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References

  1. "X Games Aspen 2018 - The Real Cost Men's Ski Big Air" . Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  2. Myhre, Sondre Moen. "Dette er den norske OL-troppen". nrk.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 3 February 2018.