Sven Magnus Ricard Thorgren ( Swede. Sven Magnus Rickard Thorgren ; born October 4, 1994 , Sollentuna , Sweden ) is a Swedish snowboarder performing in slopestyle and big air . Participant of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in slopestyle.
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| Full name | Sven Magnus Ricard Thorgren |
| Citizenship |  Sweden |
| Date of Birth | October 4, 1994 (24 years) |
| Place of Birth | Sollentuna , Sweden |
| Growth | 172 cm |
| Weight | 70 kg |
| Career | |
| Discipline | Big air Slopestyle |
| Club | Sollentuna Snowboardklubb |
| In the national team | from 2013 - to n. at. |
| Status | is competing |
| results | |
| Olympic Games | 4 ( 2014 ) |
| World Championship | 6 ( 2017 ) |
| world Cup | |
| Debut in the World Cup | October 30, 2010 |
| Best position in the World Cup (AFU) | 18 ( 2012/13 ) |
| Big air | 38 ( 2011/12 ) |
| Slopestyle | 2 ( 2012/13 ) |
| Last updated: March 2, 2018 | |
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Sports career
Sven Torgren was born on October 4, 1994 in Sollentuna, Sweden, in the family of Magnus and Margareta Thorgren.
Since 2008, Sven Torgren has participated in the TTR World Snowboard Tour competition. In 2010, he received the FIS license and on October 30, 2010, he held his first race at the World Cup stage in London , becoming the 16th in Big Air.
In 2011, Sven Torgren took part in the Snowboard World Championships in La Molina. In the slopestyle competition took the 38th place. Two years later, at the World Championships in Stoneham, Sven Thorgren became the 18th in slopestyle.
March 16, 2013 Thorgren became the 3rd in slopestyle at the World Cup stage in Špindlerруv Mlyn .
In 2014, Sven Torgren took part in slopestyle competitions at the Olympics in Sochi . With a score of 94.25 points, Thorgren qualified for the final. In the final, Sven Thorgren scored 87.50 points in the second attempt and took 4th place.
In 2015, at the World Extreme Games in Aspen, became the 3rd slopestyle. For Sweden, this award in snowboarding was the first in the history of games [1] .
In 2017, Sven Torgren was 6th in Big Air at the Snowboard World Championships in the Spanish Sierra Nevada and won gold in slopestyle at the World Extreme Games in Norway's Hafiele.
Sports Achievements
- X-Games Champion (slopestyle - 2017);
- Bronze medalist X-Games (slopestyle - 2015);
- Prize-winner of the World Cup ;
- Champion of Sweden (slopestyle - 2013).
Prizes at World Cup stages
3rd place
- March 16, 2013 , Spindleruv Mlyn , Czech Republic (slopestyle)
Notes
Links
- Sven Thorgren - statistics on the FIS website (English)
- Sven Thorgren - Olympic statistics on Sports-Reference.com (English)