Silje Norendal (born 1 September 1993) is a Norwegian former

snowboarder Snowboarding is a recreational and competitive activity that involves descending a snow-covered surface while standing on a snowboard that is almost always attached to a rider's feet. It features in the Winter Olympic Games and Winter Paralympic ...

. She competes in the

slopestyle Slopestyle is a winter sport in which athletes skiing, ski or snowboard down a course including a variety of obstacles including rails, jumps and other terrain park features. Points are scored for amplitude, originality and quality of tricks. Th ...

and

big air Big air is a high-injury-risk sports discipline where the competitor rides a vehicle, such as a motocross motorcycle, a skateboard, a snowboard, or a pair of skis, down a hill or ramp and performs aerial tricks after launching off very large jum ...

events. Her local club is

Kongsberg IF Kongsberg Idrettforening is a Norwegian sports club from Kongsberg, founded in 1899. It has sections for athletics, gymnastics, alpine skiing, ski jumping, cross country skiing, telemark skiing, snowboarding, speed skating, ice hockey, football, ...

. She won gold in women's slopestyle in Winter X Games Europe in

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in 2013. In January 2014, she won women's slopestyle in

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. At the

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, Norendal finished in eleventh place in the Women's Slopestyle finals with a score of 49.50. In January 2015, she won women's slopestyle for the second time in

. At the

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, she finished in fourth place in the women's Women's Slopestyle finals with a score of 73.91. Additionally, she finished in sixth place in the Women's Big Air finals with a score of 131.50. On 27 July 2018, Norendal got engaged to hockey player

Alexander Bonsaksen Alexander Bonsaksen (born January 24, 1987) is a Norwegian professional ice hockey defenceman. He is currently playing with KooKoo in the Finnish Liiga. Playing career Bonsaksen joined the Vålerenga Ishockey organization in 2003, pl ...

. In 2021, they had a daughter together.

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