Andreas Håtveit (born July 9, 1986), is a

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freestyle skier Freestyle skiing is a skiing discipline comprising aerials, moguls, cross, half-pipe, slopestyle and big air as part of the Winter Olympics. It can consist of a skier performing aerial flips and spins and can include skiers sliding rails and ...

. He won a gold medal in '' Ski Slopestyle'' at the 2008

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."Men's Ski Slopestyle Final Results."
– ''EXPN.com, January 27, 2008.'' (Retrieved on February 24, 2008) Andreas was born and raised in Sudndalen, a little village of just 42 people in the mountains of

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. His parents (Greek Roots) owned and managed a hotel there, and his dad also was contributing in the local ski resort, Hallingskarvet Skisenter. Andreas starting skiing when he was 2 years old, and he started freestyle skiing when he was 17. He is a member of the

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sports organization ''Kristen Idrettskontakt'' ( KRIK).

Competitions

*3rd 2011

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(slope style) Aspen, Colorado *2nd 2010

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(slope style) Aspen, Colorado *1st 2008

(slope style) Aspen, Colorado *4th 2008

(Super pipe) Aspen, Colorado *6th 2007 WORLD SKIING INVITATIONAL WHISTLER, BC CAN *2nd 2007 NIPPON FREESKI OPEN NIIGATA, JPN *3rd 2007 THE SKI TOUR STOP #2 BRECKENRIDGE, CO *3rd 2007 US OPEN COOPER, CO *3rd 2006 KING OF STYLE STOCKHOLM, SWE *1st 2006 WORLD SKIING INVITATIONAL WHISTLER, BC CAN *4th 2006 JON OLSSON INVITATIONAL ARE, SWE *3rd 2006 VAIL, CO US OPEN *2nd 2005 AIR WE GO OSLO, NOR *2nd 2005 WORLD SKIING INVITATIONAL WHISTLER, BC, CAN *8th 2005 GRAVITY GAMES COPPER MOUNTAIN, CO *4th 2005 FiS WORLD HALFPIPE CHAMPIONSHIPS RUKA, FIN *1st 2005 PAUL MITCHELL FREESKI TOUR BRECKENRIDGE, CO *3rd 2005 PAUL MITCHELL FREESKI TOUR BRECKENRIDGE, COEXPN.com: – EXPN.com – Andreas Hatveit Athlete Bio
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Films

Andreas has appeared in many

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s including: ''Reasons'', ''Rastafaride 7'', ''Yeah Dude'', ''Rough Cut'', ''Mind The Gap'', ''Ski Porn'', ''War'', ''Strike'', ''4th Street'', ''Independence'', ''Second Attempt'', ''Everyday Is A Saturday'', and ''Revolver''. He has also appeared in numerous web edits, the most prominent being his performance in Team Norway's 2009 entry for the

Jon Olsson Jon Anders Olsson Delér (born 17 August 1982) is a professional freeskiing, freeskier and alpine skiing, alpine ski racer from Sweden. Born in Mora Municipality, Sweden, Mora, Olsson Delér started his career as a ski racer but at age 16 he switch ...

Super Sessions (JOSS) alongside fellow Norwegian skier PK Hunder. He is known for his technicality and ability to perform a wide variety of tricks, spinning both natural and unnatural.

References

External links

Poor Boyz Productions – Andreas Håtveit
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hatveit, Andreas 1986 births Living people Norwegian male freestyle skiers Norwegian Christians X Games athletes Freeskiers Freestyle skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Olympic freestyle skiers for Norway