Tiril Sjåstad Christiansen (born 7 April 1995) is a former Norwegian freestyle skier.

Biography

Sjåstad Christiansen hails from

Geilo Geilo () is a centre in the municipality of Hol, Norway, Hol in Buskerud, Buskerud county, Norway. Geilo is primarily a ski resort town, with around 2,500 inhabitants. It is situated in the valley of Hallingdal, 250 km from Oslo and 260 ...

and represents

Geilo IL Geilo Idrettslag is a multi-sports club from Geilo, Norway. Established on 2 December 1917 as ''Gjeilo SK'', it changed its name to ''Gjeilo IL'' on 19 May 1918 and later to ''Geilo IL''. It has sections for alpine skiing, freestyle skiing, skiing ...

. She won her first

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medal in the Women's Slopestyle at the

Winter X Games XVII Winter X Games XVII (re-titled Winter X Games Aspen '13; styled as Winter X Games Seventeen in the official logo) were held from January 24 to January 27, 2013, in Aspen, Colorado. They were the 12th consecutive Winter X Games to be held in Aspen ...

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. She won gold ahead of Kaya Turski and

Dara Howell Dara Howell (born August 23, 1994) is a Canadian freestyle skier. She was the first freestyle skier to win a gold medal in ski slopestyle at the inaugural event at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. Howell has also won a bronze medal in women's ...

. Months later she continued to dominate on the podium and won her second

medal, but this time it was a silver.

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* * * * 1995 births Living people People from Hol, Norway Skiers from Buskerud Norwegian female freestyle skiers Freestyle skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Olympic freestyle skiers for Norway Freestyle skiers at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics 21st-century Norwegian sportswomen {{Norway-freestyle-skiing-bio-stub