Torin Yater-Wallace

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 up-and-coming free skiers in the world.[2]

Torin Yater-Wallace
Personal information
Born (1995-12-02) December 2, 1995
Aspen, Colorado, U.S.
Medal record
Men's freestyle skiing
Representing the  United States
FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships
2013 Voss Halfpipe
Winter X Games
2011 AspenSuperPipe
2013 AspenSuperPipe
2012 AspenSuperPipe
2018 AspenSuperPipe
Winter X Games Europe
2012 TignesSuperPipe
2013 TignesSuperPipe
2016 OsloSuperPipe
2011 TignesSuperPipe

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

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

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 [7]

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[8]

2011 Competition Highlights [9]

2nd Winter X-Games Aspen
3rd Winter X-Games Europe, Tignes, France
2nd Grand Prix Copper, CO

Film segments
2013 'Partly Cloudy' – Level 1 Productions[10]
2012 ‘Sunny’ – Level 1 Productions[11]
2011 ‘Attack of La Nina’ – Matchstick Productions[12]

References
  1. http://www.kelloggs.com/en_US/teamusa.html
  2. http://espn.go.com/x-games/winter/2011/results/?page=mens-ski-superpipe-results – Results from ESPN.com
  3. "Ski Takeover Sessions - Windells Camp". Windells. Retrieved February 7, 2018.
  4. http://espn.go.com/action/athlete?id=60220 – ESPN Bio
  5. Aspen halfpipe skier Torin Yater-Wallace battles back from accident – The Denver Post Retrieved 2016-11-13.
  6. http://armadaskis.com/team/am/torin-yater-wallace/
  7. http://armadaskis.com/team/am/torin-yater-wallace/
  8. http://espn.go.com/action/freeskiing/story/_/id/7635646/sigourney-wise-turski-wallisch-win-us-grand-prix-mammoth
  9. http://armadaskis.com/team/am/torin-yater-wallace/
  10. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on October 31, 2013. Retrieved October 31, 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  11. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on October 31, 2013. Retrieved October 31, 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  12. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on May 14, 2012. Retrieved September 24, 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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