Sven Thorgren
Sven Thorgren is a Swedish snowboarder who competes in slopestyle.
He started snowboarding when he was seven years old and practiced every day after school on a small mountain called Väsjöbacken. Thorgren qualified for the 2014 Winter Olympics. On 6 February 2014 in the qualification event, Thorgren finished the third in his heat and thereby qualified directly to the finals. In the finals, he finished fourth. His most recent medal was at Air&Style, China where he got the gold medal.
At FIS Snowboarding World Championships 2011 and 2013 finished 39th and 18th, respectively. His best World Cup result and the only podium before the 2014 Olympics was the third-place finish in Spindleruv Mlyn on 16 March 2013.
