One of the main stars of the Norwegian snowboard, Norendal Sillier, is only at the start of his career, and already has many awards and participation in top competitions. Now the 23-year-old Norwegian is preparing hard for the Olympic Games in Korea, and, taking into account her Sochi experience in 2014, she will have excellent chances to compete for the medal.
First steps to success
Norendal Sillier was born on September 1, 1993 in the Norwegian city of Kongsberg. From an early age, she was fond of several sports, including winter sports, and at the age of 4, her little daughter gave her first snowboard to her little daughter. Despite this, Sillier did not abandon hobbies in other sports areas.
However, soon the future athlete was seriously carried away by the snowboard, and she went headlong into training. As a result, at the age of 14, the Norwegian made her debut in the international arena - Norendal Sillier took part in the framework of the Women's Snowboard Championship, where, although she did not get on the podium, she showed great potential for future success.
Golden time and participation in the Olympic Games
In March 2011, snowboarder Sillie Norendal went to the European Extreme Games in French Tignes, where she was able to win the first medal in her career in international competitions. As part of slopestyle, the Norwegian performance program included two difficult tricks - 720 spin and Frontside Rodeo, back flip with spin. However, despite the high coefficient of difficulty, the young athlete became only the second, losing to the more experienced and titled American Jamie Anderson.
Three years later, in January 2014, the young Norwegian submitted to the first step of the pedestal - in slopestyle she was ahead of Anderson by less than half a point. Such success did not go unnoticed, and the Norwegian Alpine Skiing and Snowboard Federation announced the athlete to participate in the Olympic Games in Sochi. However, the Olympics for Norendal failed - Sillier was not able to qualify, unsuccessfully performing in both runs, taking the final 11th place in the slopestyle. The Norwegian was able to rehabilitate for failure already next winter - at the World Winter Extreme Games in Aspen, she again celebrated the conquest of “gold” in slopestyle.
Since 2016, Norendal has also started practicing double slalom with Norway's partner in the national team, Andrew Berg. The pair has already twice participated in the World Extreme Games, and the best result at the moment is getting into the top three.
Personal life
Now the Norwegian is only 23 years old, and she spends most of the time on the mountain slopes, training for the upcoming starts. Norendal Sillier plans to get to the Olympic Games in Korea in 2018, where she expects to replenish her piggy bank with a medal of the main competitions of the four-year period.
Sillier is currently not married, so she spends all her free time with her family or friends. Her main fan is her mother, who regularly visits her daughter in competitions, actively supporting her. In the summer, wanting to get a little distracted from the snowy slopes, Norendal does not leave the mountains, regularly climbing the Norwegian peaks, but not missing the opportunity to lie on the beach.