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Jon Olsson
Olsson in May 2011
Personal information
Birth name
Jon Anders Olsson
Full name
Jon Anders Olsson
Born
(1982-08-17) 17 August 1982 (age 41) Mora, Sweden
Occupation
Alpine skier
Height
1.8 m (5 ft 11 in)
Skiing career
Disciplines
Giant slalom
Club
IFK Mora
World Cup debut
11 December 2010 (age 28)
World Cup
Seasons
2
Wins
0
Podiums
0
Overall titles
0
Discipline titles
0
Jon Anders Olsson (born 17 August 1982) is a former professional freeskier and alpine ski racer from Sweden. Born in Mora, Olsson started his career as a ski racer but at age 16 he switched his race skis for twin tips and quit ski racing. Eight years later, after a 50 000 SEK (US$5826.22) bet with fellow skier Jens Byggmark, Olsson started ski racing again with the goal of the bets being to make it to the Olympics in 2014. He now competes in both freestyle and ski racing. Olsson is known for his invention of several new double flips, including a D-spin 720 into a flatspin 540 (DJ flip), a switch double rodeo 1080 (hexo flip), a double flatspin 900 (kangaroo flip), and a switch cork 720 to flatspin 540 (the tornado).
Most of the years between 2005 and 2015, Olsson hosted the big air event Jon Olsson Invitational, also known as JOI. In 2007 the event was voted best big air event by freeskier magazine. From 2007 to 2010 he also hosted Jon Olsson Super Sessions (JOSS), a freeskiing film contest that takes place in Åre, Sweden. The event consisted of teams of skiers skiing for approximately two weeks with a film crew and creating a short ski film. Olsson made his debut in the Alpine Skiing World Cup in Val-d'Isère in December 2010, as part of a plan to make the Swedish alpine ski team at the 2014 Winter Olympics. Hans Olsson, a Swedish alpine skier specialising in the speed events, is Jon Olsson’s brother.[1]
Jon Olsson
Medal record
Men's freestyle skiing
Representing Sweden
X Games
2002 Aspen
Superpipe
2008 Aspen
Big air
2004 Aspen
Superpipe
2009 Aspen
Big air
2002 Aspen
Slopestyle
2003 Aspen
Slopestyle
2003 Aspen
Superpipe
2004 Aspen
Slopestyle
2005 Aspen
Superpipe
2005 Aspen
Slopestyle
2008 Aspen
Slopestyle
^"Jon Olsson ends up in fourth-place in Redbull contest". Redbull.com. 8 December 2010. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
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