Jonathan Nordbotten (born 14 July 1989) is a Norwegian former alpine ski racer, who specialised in slalom. He competed at the 2015 World Championships in Beaver Creek, USA, in the

slalom To slalom is to zigzag between obstacles. It may refer to: Sports ;Alpine skiing and/or snowboarding * Slalom skiing, an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline * Giant slalom, an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline * Super-G ...

., and had been on the World Cup tour and European tour since 2015. He represented Norway at the

2018 Winter Olympics , nations = 93 , athletes = 2,922 (1,680 men and 1,242 women) , events = 102 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , opening = , closing = , opened_by = President Moon Jae-in , cauldron = Kim Yun-a , stadium = Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium , winte ...

PyeongChang Pyeongchang (; in full, ''Pyeongchang-gun'' ; ) is a county in the province of Gangwon-do, South Korea, located in the Taebaek Mountains region. It is home to several Buddhist temples, including Woljeongsa. It is about east southeast of Seou ...

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. Nordbotten skied collegiately for the

University of Vermont The University of Vermont (UVM), officially the University of Vermont and State Agricultural College, is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Burlington, Vermont. It was founded in 1791 and is amon ...

Catamounts, where he was a five-time NCAA All-American and 2013 NCAA Slalom Champion and part of Vermont's 2012 NCAA National Championship team.

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*Standings through 30 January 2018

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nordbotten, Jonathan 1989 births Norwegian male alpine skiers Living people Olympic alpine skiers for Norway Alpine skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics University of Vermont alumni Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in alpine skiing Olympic bronze medalists for Norway Vermont Catamounts skiers