Ståle Sandbech facts for kids
Sandbech in 2014
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| Born | 3 June 1993 Bærum, Norway |
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| Occupation | Professional Snowboarder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 178 cm (5'10") | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 61 kg (134 lbs) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Norway | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Snowboarding | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | BSK Snowboard | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Ståle Sandbech (born June 3, 1993) is a professional snowboarder from Norway. He is known for his skills in two main snowboarding styles: Big Air and Slopestyle.
Ståle has competed in four Winter Olympics: 2010, 2014, 2018, and 2022. He won a silver medal in Slopestyle at the 2014 Winter Olympics. He has also won many medals at the Winter X Games, including two silver medals and three bronze medals. In 2017, he earned a gold medal at the World Championships.
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Snowboarding Career
Ståle Sandbech grew up in Rykkinn, a place in Bærum, Norway. He started snowboarding when he was eight years old. He rides for the BSK Snowboard club.
Early Days and First Olympics
In 2007, when Ståle was just 13, he was invited to a special competition called The Arctic Challenge. The event's organizer, Terje Håkonsen, said Ståle was the best 13-year-old snowboarder in Norway.
Ståle went to the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada. He was the youngest Norwegian to compete in the Olympics since Sonja Henie in 1928. In the 2011–2012 season, Ståle won the World Snowboarding Tour in freestyle.
X Games Success
In 2013, Ståle won a bronze medal in Big Air at the Winter X Games. His fellow Norwegian, Torstein Horgmo, won the gold in that event.
At the 2014 Winter X Games, four Norwegians made it to the Big Air final. Ståle performed the best among them and won another bronze medal. The very next day, he won a second bronze medal, this time in Slopestyle.
Olympic Silver Medal
The 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, were special because Slopestyle was included for the first time. Ståle competed in this event. In his first attempt, he tried a difficult trick called a triple cork but did not land it perfectly.
However, his second run was excellent. He scored 91.75 points, which earned him the silver medal. He finished just behind Sage Kotsenburg. This was Norway's first medal at the 2014 Olympics. Some experts believed Ståle should have won the gold medal because of his strong performance.
More X Games and Olympics
Ståle continued to compete in the Winter X Games. In 2015, he placed fifth in Big Air and won a silver medal in Slopestyle. The next year, at the 2016 Winter X Games, he finished fifth in Big Air and seventh in Slopestyle.
At the 2017 Winter X Games, he was fifth in Big Air. He just missed the podium in Slopestyle, finishing fourth. Ståle also competed in the 2019 Winter X Games but did not reach the finals.
Ståle competed in the 2018 Winter Olympics in both Big Air and Slopestyle. He finished fourth in Slopestyle, just missing a medal. At the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, he qualified fourth for the Slopestyle final and finished 11th. In the Big Air event, he placed 16th in the qualifier and did not move on to the final.
In 2022, Ståle earned another silver medal at the LAAX Open competition, scoring 80.43 points.
See also
In Spanish: Ståle Sandbech para niños
