Rune Glifberg

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Rune Glifberg
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Glifberg at Quiksilver Bowlriders 06 in Malmö, Sweden
Personal information
Born (1974-10-07) October 7, 1974 (age 49)
Copenhagen, Denmark
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight 160 lb (73 kg)
Sport
Country Denmark
Sport Skateboarding
Medal record
Men's skateboarding
Representing Denmark
X Games
Gold medal – first place 2008 Los Angeles Park
Gold medal – first place 2009 Los Angeles Park
Silver medal – second place 1997 San Diego Vert
Silver medal – second place 2003 Los Angeles Vert Doubles
(Mike Crum)
Silver medal – second place 2013 Foz do Iguacu Park
Bronze medal – third place 1995 Newport Vert
Bronze medal – third place 1999 San Diego Vert Doubles
(Mike Crum)
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Philadelphia Vert
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Philadelphia Vert Doubles
(Mike Crum)
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Los Angeles Vert
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Los Angeles Vert
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Los Angeles Park

Rune Glifberg (born October 7, 1974) nicknamed "The Danish Destroyer", is a Danish professional skateboarder. Glifberg is one of just three skaters to compete at every X Games and has a total of 12 X Games medals.[1]

Early life

Rune Glifberg was born in Copenhagen, Denmark and began skating at the age of 11 years after a friend brought a skateboard as a gift, which he had bought in the US. He entered his first pro contest in France in 1990, and turned pro in 1992. Rune Glifberg moved from Denmark to Costa Mesa, California after he finished high school in 1995.[2]

Professional skateboarding

In the early 1990s, Glifberg turned professional as a "vert" skater (skateboarding on u-shaped ramps) and relocated to the United States (US). Glifberg signed a contract with Flip Skateboards and, as of September 2012, he remains a member of the company's professional team.

Glifberg was sponsored by shoe company etnies at around the same time as he joined Flip and his second signature shoe was called the "Forsvar", meaning "defend" or "defense" in Danish. As of September 2012, Glifberg has released a line of signature shoes with Converse that consists of "The Allston" and the "Rune Pro Mid" models.

Glifberg is a playable character in the first five games of the Tony Hawk series of video games that consists of the four Pro Skater games and Tony Hawk's Underground.[3]

Company owner

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Glifberg is a part-owner of Pipeline Distribution and runs a Copenhagen-based event company "RunEvent". RunEvent was the organizer of 2010's "Burning of the Witch" skateboard contest at Amager Strandpark in Denmark. Burning of the Witch was jointly sponsored by Volcom, one of Glifberg's sponsors, and Thrasher Magazine. RunEvent organized Glifberg's 25th skateboarding anniversary that was held at Fælledparken in Copenhagen during the summer of 2011.

Personal life

Glifberg resides in the Leucadia district of Encinitas, California, US.[4]

Contest history

Sponsors

References

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  7. ↑ [1] Archived April 2, 2009 at the Wayback Machine

External links

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