Sondre Oddvoll Bøe (born 13 January 1998) is a Norwegian former

figure skater Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, when contested at the 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic disciplines are m ...

. He is the 2019 Nordic champion and a four-time Norwegian national champion. He has competed in the final segment at nine ISU Championships (six European and three World Junior Championships).

Personal life

Sondre Oddvoll Bøe was born on 13 January 1998 in

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, Norway. He attended Bjørknes secondary school in

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. His older sister, Emilie, has also competed in figure skating. He also has a younger brother named Haakon. Bøe practiced gymnastics in addition to figure skating until he was 11 years old.

Career

Bøe began learning to skate in 2002. From an early age, he trained mainly under Berit Steigedal in

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, Norway, and visited

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, Germany for additional coaching by Michael Huth. After debuting on the

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(JGP) series in 2012, he competed at the 2013 World Junior Championships in

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but did not reach the free skate. 20180119 Euros - Bøe - 11694

Making his senior international debut, he placed 25th at the 2014 European Championships in

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, Hungary. He qualified for the free skate at the 2014 World Junior Championships in

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, Bulgaria and finished 24th overall. In the summer of 2014, Bøe decided to train mainly in Oberstdorf. Competing in the 2014–15 JGP series, he placed 13th in Tallinn and 14th in Dresden. He was named in the Norwegian team to the 2015 European Championships in Stockholm, Sweden. There he qualified for the free skate, and placed 22nd overall. At the Nordics he won the senior silver medal. Bøe also competed at the 2015 Junior Worlds in

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, but was eliminated after the short. During the 2015–16 JGP series, Bøe placed tenth at both of his assignments, in

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and Torun. Ranked 20th in the short, he advanced to the free skate at the 2016 European Championships in

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and finished 24th overall. He also reached the final segment at the 2016 World Junior Championships in

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, Hungary, placing 21st overall. Bøe returned to Norway by December 2017, deciding to rejoin Berit Steigedal in

. In February 2019, he outscored

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to win gold at

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. Bøe retired from competitive skating in March 2021.

Programs

Competitive highlights

''CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix''

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Oddvoll Boe, Sondre 1998 births Norwegian male single skaters Living people Sportspeople from Bærum