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	'''Rune Glifberg''' (born 7 October 1974), nicknamed "'''The Danish Destroyer'''," is a Danish professional ]. ~~Glifberg~~ is one of three skaters to have competed at every ]. He has a total of 12 X Games medals.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://kroq.cbslocal.com/2010/07/28/x-games-event-spotlights-skateboard-street-skateboard-park/ \|title=X Games Event Spotlights: Skateboard Street & Skateboard Park « The World Famous KROQ \|publisher=Kroq.cbslocal.com \|date=~~2010-07-~~28 \|accessdate=2013~~-08-01~~ \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714233200/http://kroq.cbslocal.com/2010/07/28/x-games-event-spotlights-skateboard-street-skateboard-park/ \|archivedate=~~2014-07-~~14 }}</ref> At 46, he became the oldest skateboarder to ever compete in the ] and the first male skateboarder to ever compete in a park event in the Olympic Games when he represented Denmark in the ] at the ] in ].<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Agarwal\|first=Kalptaru\|date=2021~~-07-26~~\|title=Danish skateboarder Rune Glifberg becomes the oldest debutant at Tokyo Olympics\|url=https://thebridge.in/tokyo-2020/danish-skateboarder-rune-glifberg-oldest-debutant-tokyo-olympics-23509~~\|url-status=live~~\|access-date=2021~~-07-30~~\|website=The Bridge\|language=en}}</ref>		'''Rune Glifberg''' (born 7 October 1974), nicknamed "'''The Danish Destroyer'''", is a Danish professional ]. He is one of three skaters to have competed at every ]. He has a total of 12 X Games medals.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://kroq.cbslocal.com/2010/07/28/x-games-event-spotlights-skateboard-street-skateboard-park/ \|title=X Games Event Spotlights: Skateboard Street & Skateboard Park « The World Famous KROQ \|publisher=Kroq.cbslocal.com \|date=28 July 2010 \|accessdate=1 August 2013 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714233200/http://kroq.cbslocal.com/2010/07/28/x-games-event-spotlights-skateboard-street-skateboard-park/ \|archivedate=14 July 2014 }}</ref> At 46, he became the oldest skateboarder to ever compete in the ] and the first male skateboarder to ever compete in a park event in the Olympic Games when he represented Denmark in the ] at the ] in ].<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Agarwal\|first=Kalptaru\|date=26 July 2021\|title=Danish skateboarder Rune Glifberg becomes the oldest debutant at Tokyo Olympics\|url=https://thebridge.in/tokyo-2020/danish-skateboarder-rune-glifberg-oldest-debutant-tokyo-olympics-23509\|access-date=30 July 2021\|website=The Bridge\|language=en}}</ref>

	==Early life==		==Early life==
	Rune Glifberg was born in ]~~, Denmark,~~ and began skating at the age of 11 years after a friend brought a skateboard as a gift, which he had bought in the US. He entered his first pro contest in France in 1990, and turned pro in 1992. ~~Rune~~ Glifberg moved from Denmark to ] after he finished secondary school in 1995.<ref>{{cite web\|author=Cave\|first=Steve\|date=21 April 2013\|title=Rune Glifberg Bio\|url=http://skateboard.about.com/od/proskaterbios/p/ProBioGlifberg.htm\|url-status=dead\|access-date=~~2013-04-~~21\|website=]\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130414035514/http://skateboard.about.com/od/proskaterbios/p/ProBioGlifberg.htm\|archivedate=~~2013-04-~~14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|last=Dreboldt\|first=Henrik\|date=2006~~-07-09~~\|title=Fra Rødovre til verdensstjerne\|url=https://www.berlingske.dk/content/item/513105~~\|url-status=live~~\|access-date=~~2021-07-~~30\|website=]\|language=da}}</ref>		Rune Glifberg was born in ] and began skating at the age of 11 years after a friend brought a skateboard as a gift, which he had bought in the US. He entered his first pro contest in France in 1990 and turned pro in 1992. Glifberg moved from Denmark to ], after he finished secondary school in 1995.<ref>{{cite web\|author=Cave\|first=Steve\|date=21 April 2013\|title=Rune Glifberg Bio\|url=http://skateboard.about.com/od/proskaterbios/p/ProBioGlifberg.htm\|url-status=dead\|access-date=21 April 2013\|website=]\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130414035514/http://skateboard.about.com/od/proskaterbios/p/ProBioGlifberg.htm\|archivedate=14 April 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|last=Dreboldt\|first=Henrik\|date=9 July 2006\|title=Fra Rødovre til verdensstjerne\|url=https://www.berlingske.dk/content/item/513105\|access-date=30 July 2021\|website=]\|language=da}}</ref>

	==Professional skateboarding==		==Professional skateboarding==
	In the early 1990s, Glifberg turned professional as a ] skater and relocated to the United States. Glifberg signed a contract with ] and, as of July 2021, he remains a member of the company's professional team.<ref name=":0" />		In the early 1990s, Glifberg turned professional as a ] skater and relocated to the United States. Glifberg signed a contract with ] and, as of July 2021, he remains a member of the company's professional team.<ref name=":0" />

	Glifberg was sponsored by shoe company ] at around the same time as he joined Flip and his second signature shoe was called the {{~~Lang-~~da\|Forsvar\|label=none}}, meaning "defend" or "defense" in Danish. As of September 2012, Glifberg has released a line of signature shoes with ] that consists of "The Allston" and the "Rune Pro Mid" models.		Glifberg was sponsored by shoe company ] at around the same time as he joined Flip and his second signature shoe was called the {{Langx\|da\|Forsvar\|label=none}}, meaning "defend" or "defense" in Danish. As of September 2012, Glifberg has released a line of signature shoes with ] that consists of "The Allston" and the "Rune Pro Mid" models.

	Glifberg is a playable character in the first five games of the ] that consists of the four '']'' games and '']''.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Rune Glifberg\|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1078571/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1~~\|url-status=live~~\|access-date=2013~~-05-01~~\|website=]}}</ref>		Glifberg is a playable character in the first five games of the ] that consists of the four '']'' games and '']''.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Rune Glifberg\|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1078571/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1\|access-date=1 May 2013\|website=]}}</ref>

	==Company owner==		==Company owner==
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	Glifberg is a part-owner of Pipeline Distribution and runs a Copenhagen-based event company "RunEvent". RunEvent was the organizer of 2010's "Burning of the Witch" skateboard contest at ] in Copenhagen. Burning of the Witch was jointly sponsored by ], one of Glifberg's sponsors, and '']''. RunEvent organized Glifberg's 25th skateboarding anniversary that was held at ] in Copenhagen during the summer of 2011.		Glifberg is a part-owner of Pipeline Distribution and runs a Copenhagen-based event company "RunEvent". RunEvent was the organizer of 2010's "Burning of the Witch" skateboard contest at ] in Copenhagen. Burning of the Witch was jointly sponsored by ], one of Glifberg's sponsors, and '']''. RunEvent organized Glifberg's 25th skateboarding anniversary that was held at ] in Copenhagen during the summer of 2011.

	In 2009, Glifberg and architect Ebbe Lykke founded the skatepark design firm Glifberg+Lykke in Copenhagen.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Our Philosophy\|url=https://www.glifberglykke.com/glifberg-lykke-copenhagen~~\|url-status=live~~\|access-date=2021~~-07-30~~\|website=Glifberg+Lykke\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|last=Bane\|first=Colin\|date=2014~~-11-11~~\|title=Rune Glifberg and the future of skatepark design\|url=http://xgames.espn.com/article/11859759/rune-glifberg-future-skatepark-design\|url-status=~~live~~\|~~access~~-date=~~2021-07~~-30\|website=]}}</ref> The duo have since taken the lead on a number of projects in Europe, including the Streetdome in ], Denmark;<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Rune Glifberg and Streetdome\|url=http://www.xgames.com/gallery/11859522/image/1/rune-glifberg-streetdome\|access-date=~~2021-07-~~30\|website=X Games}}</ref> Oslo ~~Skatehalll~~ in ], Norway;<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Fontrodona\|first=Marc\|date=~~2017-01-~~20\|title=Marvel at the suspended bowl of Oslo Skatehall\|url=https://www.redbull.com/us-en/oslo-skatehall-preview~~\|url-status=live~~\|access-date=2021~~-07-30~~\|website=]\|language=en}}</ref> Skatepark Eller in ], Germany;<ref>{{Cite web\|last=\|first=\|title=Skatepark Eller\|url=https://www.duesseldorf.de/jugendamt/jugendliche-begleiten/skatepark-eller.html~~\|url-status=live~~\|access-date=~~2021-07-~~30\|website=]\|language=de}}</ref> and the Urban Sport Zone in ], Netherlands.<ref>{{Cite web\|last=\|date=~~2020-06-~~18\|title=The largest skate park in the Netherlands opens today\|url=https://www.themayor.eu/en/a/view/the-largest-skate-park-in-the-netherlands-opens-today-5207~~\|url-status=live~~\|access-date=2021~~-07-30~~\|website=TheMayor.EU\|language=en}}</ref>		In 2009, Glifberg and architect Ebbe Lykke founded the skatepark design firm Glifberg+Lykke in Copenhagen.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Our Philosophy\|url=https://www.glifberglykke.com/glifberg-lykke-copenhagen\|access-date=30 July 2021\|website=Glifberg+Lykke\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|last=Bane\|first=Colin\|date=11 November 2014\|title=Rune Glifberg and the future of skatepark design\|url=http://xgames.espn.com/article/11859759/rune-glifberg-future-skatepark-design\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170506032039/http://xgames.espn.com/article/11859759/rune-glifberg-future-skatepark-design\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=6 May 2017\|access-date=30 July 2021\|website=]}}</ref> The duo have since taken the lead on a number of projects in Europe, including the Streetdome in ], Denmark;<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Rune Glifberg and Streetdome\|url=http://www.xgames.com/gallery/11859522/image/1/rune-glifberg-streetdome\|access-date=30 July 2021\|website=X Games}}</ref> Oslo Skatehall in ], Norway;<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Fontrodona\|first=Marc\|date=20 January 2017\|title=Marvel at the suspended bowl of Oslo Skatehall\|url=https://www.redbull.com/us-en/oslo-skatehall-preview\|access-date=30 July 2021\|website=]\|language=en}}</ref> Skatepark Eller in ], Germany;<ref>{{Cite web\|last=\|first=\|title=Skatepark Eller\|url=https://www.duesseldorf.de/jugendamt/jugendliche-begleiten/skatepark-eller.html\|access-date=30 July 2021\|website=]\|language=de}}</ref> and the Urban Sport Zone in ], Netherlands.<ref>{{Cite web\|last=\|date=18 June 2020\|title=The largest skate park in the Netherlands opens today\|url=https://www.themayor.eu/en/a/view/the-largest-skate-park-in-the-netherlands-opens-today-5207\|access-date=30 July 2021\|website=TheMayor.EU\|language=en}}</ref>
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	File:Streetdome, Haderslev 2.jpg\|Streetdome in Haderslev		File:Streetdome, Haderslev 2.jpg\|Streetdome in Haderslev
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	==Personal life==		==Personal life==
	Glifberg resided in the United States for seventeen years, living for a period in the ] district of ], ].<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.rockstarenergy.no.com/athlete.php?ath=88 \|title=Rockstar Energy Drink: Sports > Skateboarding > Rune Glifberg \|publisher=Rockstarenergy.no.com \|accessdate=2013~~-08-01~~ \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://archive.is/20130616085928/http://www.rockstarenergy.no.com/athlete.php?ath=88 \|archivedate=~~2013-06-~~16 }}</ref> He moved back to Denmark in the early 2010s and, as of 2021, is based in ].<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Athletes: GLIFBERG Rune (Skateboarding)\|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/skateboarding/athlete-profile-n1366703-glifberg-rune.htm~~\|url-status=live~~\|access-date=2021~~-07-30~~\|website=Tokyo 2020 Olympics on ]\|language=en-us}}</ref>		Glifberg resided in the United States for seventeen years, living for a period in the ] district of ].<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.rockstarenergy.no.com/athlete.php?ath=88 \|title=Rockstar Energy Drink: Sports > Skateboarding > Rune Glifberg \|publisher=Rockstarenergy.no.com \|accessdate=1 August 2013 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130616085928/http://www.rockstarenergy.no.com/athlete.php?ath=88 \|archivedate=16 June 2013 }}</ref> He moved back to Denmark in the early 2010s and, as of 2021, is based in ].<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Athletes: GLIFBERG Rune (Skateboarding)\|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/skateboarding/athlete-profile-n1366703-glifberg-rune.htm\|access-date=30 July 2021\|website=Tokyo 2020 Olympics on ]\|language=en-us}}</ref>

	==Contest history==		==Contest history==
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	'''] history:'''<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web\|author=Rune Glifberg SKATEBOARDER \|url=http://espn.go.com/action/athlete/history/_/id/535/rune-glifberg \|title=Rune Glifberg Profile - Competition History - ESPN \|publisher=Espn.go.com \|date= \|accessdate=2013~~-08-01~~}}</ref>		'''] history:'''<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web\|author=Rune Glifberg SKATEBOARDER \|url=http://espn.go.com/action/athlete/history/_/id/535/rune-glifberg \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100427130843/http://espn.go.com/action/athlete/history/_/id/535/rune-glifberg \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=27 April 2010 \|title=Rune Glifberg Profile - Competition History - ESPN \|publisher=Espn.go.com \|date= \|accessdate=1 August 2013}}</ref>
	* Summer 2013 Skateboard Park: 4		* Summer 2013 Skateboard Park: 4
	* Summer 2013 Skateboard Park: 2		* Summer 2013 Skateboard Park: 2
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	'''Competitive History'''<ref name="autogenerated1"/>		'''Competitive History'''<ref name="autogenerated1"/><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://theboardr.com/profile/322/Rune_Glifberg\|title=Rune Glifberg Profile\|access-date=29 January 2024\|publisher=The Boardr}}</ref>
			* 1st. Place - 2023 Copenhagen Open - Fælledparken Bowl Contest
			* 19th. Place - Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Park
			* 3rd. Place - 2019 ANOC World Beach Games Qatar Park Mens Qualifiers
			* 3rd. Place - 2019 Men’s 15 and Up Danish National Championships in Park Skateboarding Finals
			* 2nd. Place - 2019 Vans Combi Pool Party Masters Finals
			* 1st. Place - 2018 Vans Park Series Europa Continental Championships Men's Prelims
			* 3rd. Place - 2017 ] Stone Crushers: Vert Finals
			* 2nd. Place - 2017 Fælledparken Pro Bowl
			* 1st. Place - 2017 Vans Park Series Men's Continental Championships at ] Finals
			* 2nd. Place - 2017 Bowl a Rama Bondi Pro Qualifiers
			* 3rd. Place - 2016 Copenhagen Open Bowl Jam at Fælledparken
			* 1st. Place - 2016 Australian Open of Surfing Finals
			* 2nd. Place - 2015 Copenhagen Open Bowl Jam
			* 1st. Place - 2014 Copenhagen Vert Jam
	* 2nd. Place - 2010 Vans Protec Pool Party		* 2nd. Place - 2010 Vans Protec Pool Party
	* 2nd. Place - 2009 Converse Fix To Ride		* 2nd. Place - 2009 Converse Fix To Ride
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	==Sponsors==		==Sponsors==
	Active sponsors as of July 2021:<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Meronek\|first=Rob\|title=Profiles and Bios: Rune Glifberg from Copenhagen DEN\|url=https://theboardr.com/profile/322/Rune_Glifberg~~\|url-status=live~~\|access-date=2021~~-07-30~~\|website=The Boardr\|language=en}}</ref>		Active sponsors as of July 2021:<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Meronek\|first=Rob\|title=Profiles and Bios: Rune Glifberg from Copenhagen DEN\|url=https://theboardr.com/profile/322/Rune_Glifberg\|access-date=30 July 2021\|website=The Boardr\|language=en}}</ref>
	* ]<ref name=":0">{{cite web\|date=\|title=Team\|url=http://flipskateboards.com/team~~\|url-status=live~~\|access-date=2013~~-08-01~~\|website=]}}</ref>		* ]<ref name=":0">{{cite web\|date=\|title=Team\|url=http://flipskateboards.com/team\|access-date=1 August 2013\|website=]}}</ref>
	*Hazard Wheels		*Hazard Wheels
	*Indy		*Indy
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	=== Former sponsors ===		=== Former sponsors ===
	* ]<ref> {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090402015721/http://www.converseskateboarding.com/blog/welcomerune\|date=~~April~~ 2, 2009}}</ref>		* ]<ref> {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090402015721/http://www.converseskateboarding.com/blog/welcomerune\|date=2 April 2009}}</ref>
	* MOB Griptape{{Citation needed\|date=April 2013}}		* MOB Griptape{{Citation needed\|date=April 2013}}
	*]		*]
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	==External links==		==External links==
	*{{Olympedia}}		* {{Olympedia}}
			* {{Olympics.com\|rune-glifberg}}
	*{{X Games profile}}		* {{X Games profile\|old_id=3012827}}
	* at The Boardr		* at The Boardr

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Danish professional skateboarder

Rune Glifberg

Glifberg in 2006

Personal information

Nickname

The Danish Destroyer

Born

(1974-10-07) 7 October 1974 (age 50)
Copenhagen, Denmark

Occupation

Professional skateboarder

Years active

1985–present

Height

180 cm (5 ft 11 in)

Weight

73 kg (161 lb)

Sport

Country

Denmark

Sport

Skateboarding

Position

Regular-footed

Rank

32nd (Park)

Event(s)

Park, vert and vert doubles

Turned pro

1992

Former partner

Mike Crum

Achievements and titles

National finals

Danish Skateboarding Championship 2021: Men's park – Gold
Danish Skateboarding Championship 2019: Men's park – Bronze

Medal record

Men's skateboarding

Representing Denmark
Summer X Games
	2008 Los Angeles	Park
	2009 Los Angeles	Park
	1997 San Diego	Vert
	2003 Los Angeles	Vert Doubles
	2013 Foz do Iguacu	Park
	1995 Newport	Vert
	1999 San Diego	Vert Doubles
	2002 Philadelphia	Vert
	2002 Philadelphia	Vert Doubles
	2003 Los Angeles	Vert
	2004 Los Angeles	Vert
	2012 Los Angeles	Park

Rune Glifberg (born 7 October 1974), nicknamed "The Danish Destroyer", is a Danish professional skateboarder. He is one of three skaters to have competed at every X Games. He has a total of 12 X Games medals. At 46, he became the oldest skateboarder to ever compete in the Olympic Games and the first male skateboarder to ever compete in a park event in the Olympic Games when he represented Denmark in the men's park event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

Early life

Rune Glifberg was born in Copenhagen and began skating at the age of 11 years after a friend brought a skateboard as a gift, which he had bought in the US. He entered his first pro contest in France in 1990 and turned pro in 1992. Glifberg moved from Denmark to Costa Mesa, California, after he finished secondary school in 1995.

Professional skateboarding

In the early 1990s, Glifberg turned professional as a vert skater and relocated to the United States. Glifberg signed a contract with Flip Skateboards and, as of July 2021, he remains a member of the company's professional team.

Glifberg was sponsored by shoe company Etnies at around the same time as he joined Flip and his second signature shoe was called the Forsvar, meaning "defend" or "defense" in Danish. As of September 2012, Glifberg has released a line of signature shoes with Converse that consists of "The Allston" and the "Rune Pro Mid" models.

Glifberg is a playable character in the first five games of the Tony Hawk series of video games that consists of the four Pro Skater games and Tony Hawk's Underground.

Company owner

Glifberg is a part-owner of Pipeline Distribution and runs a Copenhagen-based event company "RunEvent". RunEvent was the organizer of 2010's "Burning of the Witch" skateboard contest at Amager Strandpark in Copenhagen. Burning of the Witch was jointly sponsored by Volcom, one of Glifberg's sponsors, and Thrasher Magazine. RunEvent organized Glifberg's 25th skateboarding anniversary that was held at Fælledparken in Copenhagen during the summer of 2011.

In 2009, Glifberg and architect Ebbe Lykke founded the skatepark design firm Glifberg+Lykke in Copenhagen. The duo have since taken the lead on a number of projects in Europe, including the Streetdome in Haderslev, Denmark; Oslo Skatehall in Oslo, Norway; Skatepark Eller in Düsseldorf, Germany; and the Urban Sport Zone in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Streetdome in Haderslev

Personal life

Glifberg resided in the United States for seventeen years, living for a period in the Leucadia district of Encinitas, California. He moved back to Denmark in the early 2010s and, as of 2021, is based in Copenhagen.

Contest history

X-Games history:

Summer 2013 Skateboard Park: 4
Summer 2013 Skateboard Park: 2
Summer 2012 Skateboard Park: 3
Summer 2011 Skateboard Vert: 17
Summer 2011 Skateboard Park: 7
Summer 2010 Skateboard Park: 7
Summer 2009 Skateboard Vert: 7
Summer 2009 Skateboard Park: 1
Summer 2008 Skateboard Vert: 10
Summer 2008 Skateboard Park: 1
Summer 2007 Skateboard Vert: 7
Summer 2006 Skateboard Vert: 5
Summer 2005 Skateboard Vert Best Trick: 5
Summer 2005 Skateboard Vert: 9
Summer 2004 Skateboard Vert: 3
Summer 2003 Skateboard Vert Doubles (Mike Crum): 2
Summer 2003 Skateboard Vert Best Trick: 6
Summer 2003 Skateboard Vert: 3
Summer 2002 Skateboard Vert Doubles (Mike Crum): 3
Summer 2002 Skateboard Vert: 3
Summer 2001 Skateboard Vert: 6
Summer 2000 Skateboard Vert Doubles (Mike Crum): 6
Summer 2000 Skateboard Vert 5
Summer 1999 Skateboard Vert Doubles (Mike Crum): 3
Summer 1999 Skateboard Vert: 12
Summer 1998 Skateboard Vert: 12
Summer 1997 Skateboard Vert Doubles (Mike Crum): 5
Summer 1997 Skateboard Vert: 2
Summer 1996 Skateboard Vert: 17
Summer 1995 Skateboard Vert: 3

Competitive History

1st. Place - 2023 Copenhagen Open - Fælledparken Bowl Contest
19th. Place - Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Park
3rd. Place - 2019 ANOC World Beach Games Qatar Park Mens Qualifiers
3rd. Place - 2019 Men’s 15 and Up Danish National Championships in Park Skateboarding Finals
2nd. Place - 2019 Vans Combi Pool Party Masters Finals
1st. Place - 2018 Vans Park Series Europa Continental Championships Men's Prelims
3rd. Place - 2017 Lisboa Stone Crushers: Vert Finals
2nd. Place - 2017 Fælledparken Pro Bowl
1st. Place - 2017 Vans Park Series Men's Continental Championships at Malmö Finals
2nd. Place - 2017 Bowl a Rama Bondi Pro Qualifiers
3rd. Place - 2016 Copenhagen Open Bowl Jam at Fælledparken
1st. Place - 2016 Australian Open of Surfing Finals
2nd. Place - 2015 Copenhagen Open Bowl Jam
1st. Place - 2014 Copenhagen Vert Jam
2nd. Place - 2010 Vans Protec Pool Party
2nd. Place - 2009 Converse Fix To Ride
1st. Place - 2009 X GAMES 15 Skateboard Park
1st. Place - 2009 Copenhagen Pro vert
3rd. Place - 2009 Vans Protec Pool Party
1st. Place - 2008 X GAMES 14 SUPERPARK
1st Place. WCSK8 - World Champion Skateboarding World Bowl Rankings
2nd. Place - 2008 Copenhagen Pro vert
1st. Place - 2008 Quiksilver Bowlriders Malmo
1st. Place - 2008 Vans Protec Pool Party
2nd. Place - 2008 Bondi Bowl-A-Rama Australia
1st. Place - 2008 Okaley Bowl-A-Rama Wellington, New Zealand
1st. Place - 2007 Copenhagen Pro vert
2nd in 2007 WCSK8 World Bowl Rankings
1st. Place - 2007 Protec Pool Party
1st. Place - 2007 Bowl-A-Rama Australia
1st. Place - 2007 Quiksilver Bowlriders (Sweden)
1st. Place - 2006 Northshore Bowl Jam
3rd. Place - 2006 Desert Dog Park Slalom
1st. Place - 2006 Desert Dog Bowl Bash
2nd. Place - 2006 GVR Etnies Bowl
1st. Place - 2006 Mystic Sk8 Cup: Vert
2nd. place - 2006 Oregon Trifecta West Linn, Oregon Bowl
1st. Place - 2006 Oregon Trifecta Lincoln City, Oregon Bowl
2nd. Place - 2006 WCSK8 World Bowl Rankings
2nd. Place - 2006 Vans Pro-Tec Pool Party
1st. Place - 2005 Vans Pro-Tec Pool Party
1st. Place - 2004 Mystic Sk8 Cup: Vert
3rd. Place - 2004 Toronto West 49 Open Vert Best Trick
3rd. Place - 2004 Toronto West 49 Open Vert
1st. Place - 2004 Gravity Games: Vert
1st. Place - 2004 Snickers Bowl Games
2nd in 2003 WCSK8 Pro Vert European Rankings
2nd. Place - 2003 Globe World Championships Vert
1st. Place - 2003 Scandinavian Open: Vert
1st. Place - 2003 Tampa Pro: Vert
2nd in 2002 Pro Vert European Rankings
1st. place - 2002 Scandinavian Open: Vert
Ranked 1st; World Champion Skateboarding Vert 2001
1st Place - 2001 Scandinavian Open: Vert
1st. Place - 2001 Gravity Games: Vert
1st. Place - 1998 Slam City Jam: Vert
1st. Place - 1996 Slam City Jam: Vert

References

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