Morten Ring Christensen (born 9 November 1990) is a
Norwegian-
Danish freestyle
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athlete who is competes in the sport
Skicross. He represents
IL Trysilgutten. He lives in
Trysil,
Norway and is a member of the Norwegian Skicross Worldcup Team.
He missed the 2010 Vancouver Olympics due to his diagnosis of
Hodgkin's lymphoma.
Early life
Born in
Odder,
Denmark. He lived in
Skanderborg,
Denmark, until the age of 7 when him and his family moved to
Trysil,
Norway.
Skiing career
Former alpine ski racer in the top of his age class and converted to Skicross before the 2009 season. Ranked as the world's best Junior Skicross racer.
Has 5 National championships titles, including 1 in the Senior class and 4 in the Junior.
Cancer
Christensen was diagnosed with
Hodgkin's lymphoma in the end of August, 2009.
He was undergoing radiation treatment for some time, and was given an OK by the doctors to start training again in the end of December 2009.
http://www.vg.no/sport/ski/artikkel.php?artid=586602
External links
FIS Freestyle ProfileNewspaper article
1990 births
Living people
Norwegian male freestyle skiers
Danish male skiers
Danish emigrants to Norway
People from Odder Municipality
People from Trysil
Sportspeople from the Central Denmark Region
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