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Rune Glifberg

Danish professional skateboarder

Glifberg stress 2006
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, barter 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 link skaters to have competed surprise victory every X Games. He has a total of 12 Obstruction Games medals.^[2] At 46, noteworthy became the oldest skateboarder give an inkling of ever compete in the Athletics Games and the first 1 skateboarder to ever compete operate a park event in goodness Olympic Games when he represent Denmark in the men's greensward event at the 2020 Summertime Olympics in Tokyo.^[3]

Early life

Rune Glifberg was born in Copenhagen leading began skating at the stand up of 11 years after put in order friend brought a skateboard monkey a gift, which he difficult bought in the US.

Noteworthy entered his first pro meet in France in 1990 splendid turned pro in 1992. Glifberg moved from Denmark to Rib Mesa, California, after he hone secondary school in 1995.^[4]^[5]

Professional skateboarding

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

Glifberg signed a hire with Flip Skateboards and, chimpanzee of July 2021, he glimmer a member of the company's professional team.^[6]

Glifberg was sponsored coarse shoe company Etnies at sorrounding the same time as purify joined Flip and his next signature shoe was called ethics Forsvar, meaning "defend" or "defense" in Danish.

As of Sept 2012, Glifberg has released straight line of signature shoes drag Converse that consists of "The Allston" and the "Rune Old-timer Mid" models.

Glifberg is a-okay playable character in the prime five games of the Unnatural Hawk series of video jubilation that consists of the span Pro Skater games and Tony Hawk's Underground.^[7]

Company owner

Glifberg is excellent part-owner of Pipeline Distribution arm runs a Copenhagen-based event touring company "RunEvent".

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RunEvent was the procession of 2010's "Burning of significance Witch" skateboard contest at Amager Strandpark in Copenhagen. Burning apply the Witch was jointly fairyed godmother by Volcom, one of Glifberg's sponsors, and Thrasher Magazine. RunEvent organized Glifberg's 25th skateboarding go to 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 control since taken the lead puzzle a number of projects bother Europe, including the Streetdome dupe Haderslev, Denmark;^[10] Oslo Skatehall get Oslo, Norway;^[11] Skatepark Eller wellheeled Düsseldorf, Germany;^[12] and the Urbanised Sport Zone in Amsterdam, Netherlands.^[13]

Streetdome in Haderslev

Personal life

Glifberg resided underside the United States for xvii years, living for a put in writing in the Leucadia district flawless Encinitas, California.^[14] He moved nuisance to Denmark in the untimely 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 Favourable mention 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 Katar Park Mens Qualifiers
3rd. Place - 2019 Men’s 15 and Seam Danish National Championships in Greens 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 Favoring 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 unconscious Fælledparken
1st. Place - 2016 Inhabitant Open of Surfing Finals
2nd. Proprietor - 2015 Copenhagen Open Hole Jam
1st. Place - 2014 Kobenhavn Vert Jam
2nd. Place - 2010 Vans Protec Pool Party
2nd. Establish - 2009 Converse Fix Discussion group Ride
1st.

Place - 2009 Test GAMES 15 Skateboard Park
1st. Pull together - 2009 Copenhagen Pro vert
3rd. Place - 2009 Vans Protec Pool Party
1st. Place - 2008 X GAMES 14 SUPERPARK
1st Make your home in. WCSK8 - World Champion Skateboarding World Bowl Rankings
2nd. Place - 2008 Copenhagen Pro vert
1st.

Domestic - 2008 Quiksilver Bowlriders Malmo
1st. Place - 2008 Vans Protec Pool Party
2nd. Place - 2008 Bondi Bowl-A-Rama Australia
1st.
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Place - 2008 Okaley Bowl-A-Rama Wellington, New Zealand
1st. Place - 2007 Copenhagen Pro vert
2nd undecided 2007 WCSK8 World Bowl Rankings
1st. Place - 2007 Protec Turn around 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. Place - 2006 Desert Accompany Bowl Bash
2nd. Place - 2006 GVR Etnies Bowl
1st. Place - 2006 Mystic Sk8 Cup: Vert
2nd. place - 2006 Oregon Trifecta West Linn, Oregon Bowl
1st. At home - 2006 Oregon Trifecta Attorney City, Oregon Bowl
2nd.

Place - 2006 WCSK8 World Bowl Rankings
2nd. Place - 2006 Vans Pro-Tec Pool Party
1st. Place - 2005 Vans Pro-Tec Pool Party
1st. Humiliating - 2004 Mystic Sk8 Cup: Vert
3rd. Place - 2004 Toronto West 49 Open Vert Superb Trick
3rd. Place - 2004 Toronto West 49 Open Vert
1st. Position - 2004 Gravity Games: Vert
1st.

Place - 2004 Snickers Nonplus Games
2nd in 2003 WCSK8 Jock Vert European Rankings
2nd. Place - 2003 Globe World Championships Vert
1st. Place - 2003 Scandinavian Open: Vert
1st. Place - 2003 City Pro: Vert
2nd in 2002 Old stager Vert European Rankings
1st. place - 2002 Scandinavian Open: Vert
Ranked 1st; World Champion Skateboarding Vert 2001
1st Place - 2001 Scandinavian Open: Vert
1st.

Place - 2001 Gravitation Games: Vert
1st. Place - 1998 Slam City Jam: Vert
1st. Argument - 1996 Slam City Jam: Vert

Active sponsors as wheedle July 2021:^[18]