Jesper Tjäder
Swedish freestyle skier (born 1994) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jesper Tjäder (born 22 May 1994) is a Swedish freestyle skier. He won the overall slopestyle World Cup in 2014, and competed for Sweden at the 2014, 2018, and 2022 Winter Olympics; winning a Bronze medal in Slopestyle at the latter.
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| Born | 22 May 1994 Östersund, Sweden | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Sweden | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Freestyle skiing | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Slopestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Tjäder was born in Östersund, Sweden, on 22 May 1994.[1] His parents introduced him to skiing at the age of three.[2]
Tjäder competed in slopestyle at the FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships 2013, and he represented Sweden in slopestyle at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi,[2] where he finished 24th.[1] At the 2013–14 FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup, Tjäder won the overall slopestyle cup and placed third overall.[3] Tjäder returned to the Winter Olympics for 2018 in PyeongChang, where he placed 23rd in the slopestyle competition.[4] Tjäder again returned to the Winter Olympics for 2022 in Beijing, where he placed 3rd and secured a bronze medal in the slopestyle competition.[5]
Tjäder progressed freeskiing by innovating tricks and building never-seen-before rails.[clarification needed][citation needed]
Tjäder currently holds the world record for the longest rail slide on skis.[6]
In Xgames 2024 Aspen, Jesper contended in the Knuckle huck and won a bronze after Henrik Harlaut.
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