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Jon Olsson

by Ethan from Edmonton

"I would rather kill myself doing 100 foot airs than fall down concrete stairs."
-Jon Olsson

Jon olsson is a pro free style skier, meaning he does 100 foot gaps, half pipes, grinds and is now going to the Olympics in Giant Slalom. He is known as a world champion and is ranked number 2 in the world in consecutive wins in professional skiing.


Jon Olsson was born in 1982 in the city of ARE Sweden, and is now 26 years old. Jon has been competitively skiing for 21 years since 1987. His only occupation is skiing and he has earned enough money that he owns his own personal helicopter and a Lamborghini Gallardo with custom paint and a ski rack. He is ranked number 2 in the world of competitive skiing for most consecutive ski medals with 8.

Jon Olsson has created his own ski tricks in his career, these include the Olsson flip and the DJ flip (Double Olsson flip), the Kangaroo flip (flat spin 900), The D spin 720, the switch Double rodeo 1080( double back flip 1080 backwards ).


Jon has won many awards:

2009 3rd JOSS Team Sweden
2009 2nd x-Games, Big Air, Aspen,USA
2008 3rd X-Games, Slopestyle, Aspen, USA
2008 1st X-Games, Big Air, Aspen, USA
2007 1st Icer Air, Big Air, San Francisco, USA
2007 1st Ski and Snowboard Festival, Big Air, Whistler, Canada
2007 1st US Freeskiing Open, Slope Style, Copper Mountain, USA
2006 1st Jon Olsson Invitational, Big Air, �re, Sweden
2006 1st Ski and Snowboard Festival, Big Air, Whistler, Canada
2005 1st World Superpipe Champion, Park City, USA
2005 4th Jon Olsson Invitational, Big Air, �re, Sweden
2005 3rd X-Games, Superpipe, Aspen, USA
2005 3rd X-Games, Slopestyle, Aspen, USA
2005 3rd US Freeskiing Open, Slopestyle, Vail, USA
2005 5th US Freeskiing Open, Big Air, Vail, USA
2004 2nd Rip Curl, Slopestyle, Saas Fee, Switzerland
2004 3rd Rip Curl, Halfpipe, Saas Fee, France
2004 1st Scandinavian Championships, Big Mountain, Riksgr�nsen, Sweden
2004 1st Nokia Totally Board, Big Air, Greece
2004 1st Ski and Snowboard Festival, Big Air, Whistler, Canada
2004 3rd US Freeskiing Open, Big Air, Vail, USA
2004 2nd X-Games, Superpipe, Aspen, USA
2004 3rd X-Games, Slopestyle, Aspen, USA
2003 2nd Cape TownTotally Board, Nokia, Big Air
2003 1st Rip Curl, Total, Saas Fee, Switzerland
2003 1st Rip Curl, Big Air, Saas Fee, Switzerland
2003 3rd Rip Curl, Halfpipe, Saas Fee, Switzerland
2003 2nd Rip Curl, Slopestyle, Saas Fee, Switzerland
2003 1st Air we go, Big Air, Oslo, Norway
2003 2nd King of the Globe, Stockholm, Sweden
2003 2nd Freestyle.ch, Z�rich, Switzerland
2003 1st Ski and Snowboard Festival, Big Air, Whistler, Canada
2003 1st Ski and Rock, Slopestyle, S�len, Sweden
2003 1st Red Bull Big Air, �re, Sweden
2003 2nd US Freeskiing Open, Slopestyle, Vail, USA
2003 4th US Freeskiing Open, Superpipe, Vail, USA
2003 3rd X-Games, Superpipe, Aspen, USA
2003 3rd X-Games, Slopestyle, Aspen, USA
He has won a total of 37 medals since 2003

Page created on 5/5/2009 12:00:00 AM

Last edited 5/5/2009 12:00:00 AM

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