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Band of Heroes, Henrik Kristoffersen

The spectacular conquest of Henrik Kristoffersen of Ã…re's Giant Slalom in the Giant Slalom and his thanks to the social team Rossignol invites us to remember how the Norwegian is a member from the first hour of the super-prized Band of Heroes of the French brand.

Friday 15 February 2019 4 minutes reading time

In the painting of the Band of Heroes recorded last year in KitzbÃ¼hel, Henrik rejoices for the extraordinary successes, finally come back today after a year of abstinence and, in the meantime, keeps an eye on the young American prodigy River Radamus, winner of the silver in Combined with the last Junior World Championships and also winner of the last Giant Slalom played in the norAm Cup in Sun Valley. Henrik Kristoffersen was born on July 2, 1994 in LÃ¸renskog, in the Norwegian county of Akershus, less than 20 kilometers from the capital Oslo. He made his debut in the World Cup in March 2012 and was already part of the Rossignol Band of Heroes. Giant specialist but above all slalom, in the Cup has collected 16 successes, 1 in giant and a good 15 in slalom, the latter put him in fifth place in the ranking of the plurivittoriosi of the single-length specialty by Marc Girardelli. He then finished another 30 times on the podium, 12 in giant (6 seconds and 6 third places), 17 in slalom (9 seconds and 8 third places) and 1 in parallel (1 second place) for a total of 46. also won a slalom Cup in 2016 finishing second in the tight doors in 2017 and 2018 and second in the giant in 2018 while in the general was placed second in 2016 and 2018 and third in 2017. At the Olympics was bronze in slalom in Sochi 2014 and silver in giant last February in PyeongChang. He misses the medal at the Senior World Championships, where he was three times the fourth, unlike how he went to the junior ones, from which he took home 6 gold and 2 silvers between 2012 and 2015. And it will be A world champion is one of his goals for this season, possibly the most beautiful metal, given that his declared purpose is to come back to beat his great Austrian rival Marcel Hirscher, who up to two years ago often overtook in slalom, and the 'other big goal for the Norwegian is to take away the absolute World Cup to the champion of the Salzburger Land, which has made its exclusive property in the last seven winter seasons.

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