Morten Ring Christensen (born 9 November 1990) is a Norwegian- Danish

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athlete who is competes in the sport

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. He represents IL Trysilgutten. He lives in

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and is a member of the Norwegian Skicross Worldcup Team. He missed the 2010 Vancouver Olympics due to his diagnosis of

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Early life

Born in

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. He lived in

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, until the age of 7 when him and his family moved to

Skiing career

Former alpine ski racer in the top of his age class and converted to Skicross before the 2009 season. Ranked as the world's best Junior Skicross racer. Has 5 National championships titles, including 1 in the Senior class and 4 in the Junior.

Cancer

Christensen was diagnosed with

in the end of August 2009. He was undergoing radiation treatment for some time, and was given an OK by the doctors to start training again in the end of December 2009.

References

External links

FIS Freestyle ProfileNewspaper article
1990 births Living people Norwegian male freestyle skiers Danish male skiers Danish emigrants to Norway People from Odder Municipality People from Trysil Sportspeople from the Central Denmark Region 21st-century Danish sportsmen 21st-century Norwegian sportsmen {{Norway-freestyle-skiing-bio-stub