Torin Yater-Wallace
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| Born | December 2, 1995 Aspen, Colorado, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Torin Yater-Wallace (born December 2, 1995, in Aspen, Colorado) is a freestyle skier from the United States. He won a silver medal at Winter X Games XV in the superpipe, making him the youngest medalist in Winter X-Games history.[1] Torin is one of the best free skiers in the world.[2]
During the summer, Yater-Wallace can be found at Mt. Hood, Oregon, where he hosts a Takeover Session at Windells Camp.[3]
Early and personal life
[edit]At just 15 years of age, Yater-Wallace was the third-youngest male competitor in Winter X Games history.[4] In early 2016 he bought a house in Basalt, Colorado.[5]
Career
[edit]2016 Competition Highlights
- 1st Winter X-Games Europe Oslo Norway
2014 Competition Highlights
- 1st Olympics Sochi, Russia
2013 Competition Highlights [6]
- 2nd Winter X-Games Aspen, CO
- 2nd US Grand Prix Park City, UT
- 1st Olympic Test Event Sochi, Russia
- 2nd FIS World Championships Voss, Norway
- 1st Winter X-Games Europe Tignes France
2012 Competition Highlights [6]
- 1st NZ Winter Games Snowpark, NZ
- 2nd NZ Freeski Open Candrona, NZ
- 3rd Winter Dew Tour Ogden, UT
- 1st Winter Dew Tour, Killington, VT
- 2nd Winter Dew Tour Overall
- 3rd Winter X-Games Aspen, CO
- 1st Winter X-Games Europe Tignes, FR
During the 2012 U.S. Grand Prix slopestyle competition, Yater-Wallace landed the first switch 1800 jump completed in competition[7]
2011 Competition Highlights [6]
- 2nd Winter X-Games Aspen
- 3rd Winter X-Games Europe, Tignes, France
- 2nd Grand Prix Copper, CO
Film segments
[edit]- 2022 'Chameleon" - Deviate Productions
- 2021 'Good Luck' - Deviate Productions
- 2020 'Deviate' - Deviate Productions
- 2017 'Back to Life' - Red Bull Mediahouse
- 2013 'Partly Cloudy' – Level 1 Productions[8]
- 2012 ‘Sunny’ – Level 1 Productions[9]
- 2011 ‘Attack of La Nina’ – Matchstick Productions[10]
References
[edit]- ^ Team Kellogg's
- ^ Results from ESPN.com
- ^ "Ski Takeover Sessions - Windells Camp". Windells. Retrieved February 7, 2018.
- ^ ESPN Bio
- ^ "Aspen halfpipe skier Torin Yater-Wallace battles back from accident". The Denver Post. Retrieved November 13, 2016.
- ^ a b c "Torin Yater Wallace | ARMADA SKIS". armadaskis.com. Archived from the original on October 29, 2011.
- ^ "Sigourney, Wise, Turski, Wallisch win at U.S. Grand Prix at Mammoth". March 2, 2012.
- ^ "Level 1 - Partly Cloudy". Archived from the original on October 31, 2013. Retrieved October 31, 2013.
- ^ "Level 1 - Sunny". Archived from the original on October 31, 2013. Retrieved October 31, 2013.
- ^ "Matchstick Productions". Archived from the original on May 14, 2012. Retrieved September 24, 2012.
External links
[edit]
- 1995 births
- Living people
- American male freestyle skiers
- Olympic freestyle skiers for the United States
- Freestyle skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
- Freestyle skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics
- X Games athletes
- Superpipe skiers
- Sportspeople from Aspen, Colorado
- People from Basalt, Colorado
- 21st-century American sportsmen