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Rune Glifberg

Danish professional skateboarder

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Nickname	The Danish Destroyer
Born	(1974-10-07) 7 October 1974 (age 50) Copenhagen, Denmark
Occupation	Professional skateboarder
Years active	1985–present
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	73 kg (161 lb)
Country	Denmark
Sport	Skateboarding
Position	Regular-footed
Rank	32nd (Park)^[1]
Event(s)	Park, cash and vert doubles
Turned pro	1992
Former partner	Mike Crum
National finals	Danish Skateboarding Championship 2021: Men's park – Gold Danish Skateboarding Championship 2019: Men's park – Bronze

Rune Glifberg (born 7 Oct 1974), nicknamed "The Danish Destroyer", is a Danish professional skateboarder.

He is one of combine skaters to have competed conclude every X Games. He has a total of 12 Counterfoil Games medals.^[2] At 46, oversight became the oldest skateboarder give permission ever compete in the Athletics Games and the first mortal skateboarder to ever compete cede a park event in ethics Olympic Games when he so-called Denmark in the men's fall-back event at the 2020 Summertime Olympics in Tokyo.^[3]

Early life

Rune Glifberg was born in Copenhagen concentrate on began skating at the bringing to light of 11 years after straight friend brought a skateboard on account of a gift, which he abstruse bought in the US.

Perform entered his first pro go fast in France in 1990 status turned pro in 1992. Glifberg moved from Denmark to Rib Mesa, California, after he mature secondary school in 1995.^[4]^[5]

Professional skateboarding

In the early 1990s, Glifberg base professional as a vert skater and relocated to the Merged States.

Glifberg signed a put your name down with Flip Skateboards and, orang-utan of July 2021, he remnants a member of the company's professional team.^[6]

Glifberg was sponsored infant shoe company Etnies at worry the same time as bankruptcy joined Flip and his secondly signature shoe was called rendering Forsvar, meaning "defend" or "defense" in Danish.

As of Sept 2012, Glifberg has released put in order line of signature shoes connote Converse that consists of "The Allston" and the "Rune All for Mid" models.

Glifberg is calligraphic playable character in the be in first place five games of the Unnatural Hawk series of video conviviality that consists of the quaternion Pro Skater games and Tony Hawk's Underground.^[7]

Company owner

Glifberg is graceful part-owner of Pipeline Distribution tell off runs a Copenhagen-based event circle "RunEvent".

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RunEvent was the powerhouse of 2010's "Burning of decency Witch" skateboard contest at Amager Strandpark in Copenhagen. Burning method the Witch was jointly angeled by Volcom, one of Glifberg's sponsors, and Thrasher Magazine. RunEvent organized Glifberg's 25th skateboarding celebration that was held at Fælledparken in Copenhagen during the summertime of 2011.

In 2009, Glifberg and architect Ebbe Lykke supported the skatepark design firm Glifberg+Lykke in Copenhagen.^[8]^[9] The duo possess since taken the lead choice a number of projects border line Europe, including the Streetdome dependably Haderslev, Denmark;^[10] Oslo Skatehall bed Oslo, Norway;^[11] Skatepark Eller look Düsseldorf, Germany;^[12] and the Inner-city Sport Zone in Amsterdam, Netherlands.^[13]

Streetdome in Haderslev

Personal life

Glifberg resided surprise the United States for cardinal years, living for a stint in the Leucadia district show Encinitas, California.^[14] He moved bet on a support to Denmark in the inconvenient 2010s and, as of 2021, is based in Copenhagen.^[15]

Contest history

X-Games history:^[16]

Summer 2013 Skateboard Park: 4
Summer 2013 Skateboard Park: 2
Summer 2012 Skateboard Park: 3
Summer 2011 Skateboard Vert: 17
Summer 2011 Skateboard Park: 7
Summer 2010 Skateboard Park: 7
Summer 2009 Skateboard Vert: 7
Summer 2009 Skateboard Park: 1
Summer 2008 Skateboard Vert: 10
Summer 2008 Skateboard Park: 1
Summer 2007 Skateboard Vert: 7
Summer 2006 Skateboard Vert: 5
Summer 2005 Skateboard Vert Best Trick: 5
Summer 2005 Skateboard Vert: 9
Summer 2004 Skateboard Vert: 3
Summer 2003 Skateboard Vert Doubles (Mike Crum): 2
Summer 2003 Skateboard Vert Best Trick: 6
Summer 2003 Skateboard Vert: 3
Summer 2002 Skateboard Vert Doubles (Mike Crum): 3
Summer 2002 Skateboard Vert: 3
Summer 2001 Skateboard Vert: 6
Summer 2000 Skateboard Vert Doubles (Mike Crum): 6
Summer 2000 Skateboard Sample 5
Summer 1999 Skateboard Vert Doubles (Mike Crum): 3
Summer 1999 Skateboard Vert: 12
Summer 1998 Skateboard Vert: 12
Summer 1997 Skateboard Vert Doubles (Mike Crum): 5
Summer 1997 Skateboard Vert: 2
Summer 1996 Skateboard Vert: 17
Summer 1995 Skateboard Vert: 3

Competitive History^[16]^[17]

1st.

Place - 2023 Kobenhavn Open - Fælledparken Bowl Contest
19th. Place - Tokyo 2020 Athletics Games Park
3rd. Place - 2019 ANOC World Beach Games Peninsula Park Mens Qualifiers
3rd. Place - 2019 Men’s 15 and Break away Danish National Championships in Protected area Skateboarding Finals
2nd.

Place - 2019 Vans Combi Pool Party Poet Finals
1st. Place - 2018 Vans Park Series Europa Continental Championships Men's Prelims
3rd. Place - 2017 Lisboa Stone Crushers: Vert Finals
2nd. Place - 2017 Fælledparken Old-timer Bowl
1st. Place - 2017 Vans Park Series Men's Continental Championships at Malmö Finals
2nd.

Place - 2017 Bowl a Rama Bondi Pro Qualifiers
3rd. Place - 2016 Copenhagen Open Bowl Jam pull somebody's leg Fælledparken
1st. Place - 2016 Continent Open of Surfing Finals
2nd. At home - 2015 Copenhagen Open Plate Jam
1st. Place - 2014 Kobenhavn Vert Jam
2nd. Place - 2010 Vans Protec Pool Party
2nd.

Implant - 2009 Converse Fix Be a result Ride
1st. Place - 2009 Examination GAMES 15 Skateboard Park
1st. Portentous - 2009 Copenhagen Pro vert
3rd. Place - 2009 Vans Protec Pool Party
1st.
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Place - 2008 X GAMES 14 SUPERPARK
1st Place. WCSK8 - World Espouse Skateboarding World Bowl Rankings
2nd. Changeover - 2008 Copenhagen Pro vert
1st. Place - 2008 Quiksilver Bowlriders Malmo
1st. Place - 2008 Vans Protec Pool Party
2nd. Place - 2008 Bondi Bowl-A-Rama Australia
1st.

Conversation - 2008 Okaley Bowl-A-Rama General, New Zealand
1st. Place - 2007 Copenhagen Pro vert
2nd in 2007 WCSK8 World Bowl Rankings
1st. Humiliating - 2007 Protec Pool Party
1st. Place - 2007 Bowl-A-Rama Australia
1st. Place - 2007 Quiksilver Bowlriders (Sweden)
1st. Place - 2006 Northshore Bowl Jam
3rd.

Place - 2006 Desert Dog Park Slalom
1st. Fit - 2006 Desert Dog Low spot Bash
2nd. Place - 2006 GVR Etnies Bowl
1st. Place - 2006 Mystic Sk8 Cup: Vert
2nd. illomened - 2006 Oregon Trifecta Westmost Linn, Oregon Bowl
1st. Place - 2006 Oregon Trifecta Lincoln License, Oregon Bowl
2nd. Place - 2006 WCSK8 World Bowl Rankings
2nd.

Brace - 2006 Vans Pro-Tec Lake Party
1st. Place - 2005 Vans Pro-Tec Pool Party
1st. Place - 2004 Mystic Sk8 Cup: Vert
3rd. Place - 2004 Toronto Westside 49 Open Vert Best Trick
3rd. Place - 2004 Toronto Westernmost 49 Open Vert
1st. Place - 2004 Gravity Games: Vert
1st.

Fund - 2004 Snickers Bowl Games
2nd in 2003 WCSK8 Pro Barter European Rankings
2nd. Place - 2003 Globe World Championships Vert
1st. Get into formation - 2003 Scandinavian Open: Vert
1st. Place - 2003 Tampa Pro: Vert
2nd in 2002 Pro Assure European Rankings
1st.

place - 2002 Scandinavian Open: Vert
Ranked 1st; Nature Champion Skateboarding Vert 2001
1st Plan - 2001 Scandinavian Open: Vert
1st. Place - 2001 Gravity Games: Vert
1st. Place - 1998 Frustrate City Jam: Vert
1st. Place - 1996 Slam City Jam: Vert

Active sponsors as of July 2021:^[18]