Henrik Harlaut
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Nickname(s) | E-dollo, Bloody Dollaz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Stockholm,Sweden | 14 August 1991|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Sweden | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Freestyle skiing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Big Air,Slopestyle,Knuckle Huck | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Harlaut Gang | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Henrik Harlaut(born 14 August 1991) is a Swedishfreestyle skier.He was born inStockholmand moved with his family toÅreat the age of nine.[1]
At theWinter X Games XVIIinAspen, Colorado,Harlaut won the gold medal in Big Air and the silver medal inslopestyle.In the Big Air final, he landed the first-ever "nose butter triple cork 1620" (a series of choreographed flips and spins he had not even tried himself before) and scored a perfect 50 points.[2][3]He representedSwedenin slopestyle at the2014 Winter OlympicsinSochiand2018 Winter OlympicsinPyeongChang.
Harlaut is well known for his unusual appearance. At the Winter Olympics inSochi,he skied with "trousers round his knees and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle gloves",[4]losing his trousers in the qualifying round in a "wardrobe malfunction".[5];as a result, he fell short of a medal and finished sixth.[6]After his run, Harlaut gave theWu-Tang Clanhand signto the cameras and declared that "Wu-Tang is for the children", echoing the words spoken by rapperOl' Dirty Bastardwhen he interrupted the 1998 Grammy Awards on behalf of the group.[7][8]
Harlaut is widely regarded as one of the greatest freeskiers of all time.
References
[edit]- ^"Bio".hharlaut.com. Archived fromthe originalon 27 January 2014.Retrieved25 January2014.
- ^"Svenskt skrällguld i X Games".Sveriges Television.27 January 2013.Retrieved25 January2014.
- ^Fitzsimmons, Greg (27 January 2013)."Day Three at Winter X Games: Henrik Harlaut steals the triples show".Powder.Retrieved15 February2014.
- ^Withnall, Adam (13 February 2014)."Sochi Winter Olympics 2014: Swedish skier Henrik Harlaut barely completes run after baggy trousers 'get caught up in skis'".The Independent.Retrieved14 February2014.
- ^Parziale, James (13 February 2014)."Skier Henrik Harlaut almost loses pants during fall at Sochi".FOX Sports.Retrieved14 February2014.
- ^"Harlaut utanför pallen i slopestyle".Dagens Nyheter(in Swedish). 13 February 2014.Retrieved15 February2014.
- ^Berg, Ted (13 February 2014)."Dreadlocked Swedish skier wants you to know Wu Tang is for the children".For The Win.Retrieved25 February2017.
- ^Carson, Dan (14 February 2014)."Swedish Skier Tells World 'Wu-Tang Is for the Children,' Nearly Loses Pants".Bleacher Report.Retrieved25 February2017.
External links
[edit]- 1991 births
- Living people
- Skiers from Stockholm
- Swedish male freestyle skiers
- Freeskiers
- Olympic freestyle skiers for Sweden
- X Games athletes
- People from Åre Municipality
- Freestyle skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
- Freestyle skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics
- Freestyle skiers at the 2022 Winter Olympics
- Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics
- Olympic medalists in freestyle skiing
- Olympic bronze medalists for Sweden
- 21st-century Swedish people