Sondre Oddvoll Bøe

Sondre Oddvoll Bøe (born 13 January 1998) is a Norwegian former figure skater. He is the 2019 Nordic champion and a four-time Norwegian national champion. He has competed in the final segment at nine ISU Championships (six European and three World Junior Championships).

Sondre Oddvoll Bøe
Born	(1998-01-13) 13 January 1998 (age 26) Bærum, Norway
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Norway
Coach	Michael Huth, Berit Steigedal
Skating club	Asker FSC
Began skating	2002
Retired	March 19, 2021

Personal life

Sondre Oddvoll Bøe was born on 13 January 1998 in Bærum, Norway.^[1] He attended Bjørknes secondary school in Oslo.^[2] His older sister, Emilie, has also competed in figure skating.^[1] He also has a younger brother named Haakon. Bøe practiced gymnastics in addition to figure skating until he was 11 years old.^[3]

Career

Bøe began learning to skate in 2002.^[4] From an early age, he trained mainly under Berit Steigedal in Asker, Norway, and visited Oberstdorf, Germany for additional coaching by Michael Huth.^[5][6] After debuting on the ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) series in 2012, he competed at the 2013 World Junior Championships in Milan but did not reach the free skate.

Bøe at the EFSK (2018)

Making his senior international debut, he placed 25th at the 2014 European Championships in Budapest, Hungary. He qualified for the free skate at the 2014 World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria and finished 24th overall.

In the summer of 2014, Bøe decided to train mainly in Oberstdorf.^[7][2] Competing in the 2014–15 JGP series, he placed 13th in Tallinn and 14th in Dresden. He was named in the Norwegian team to the 2015 European Championships in Stockholm, Sweden. There he qualified for the free skate, and placed 22nd overall. At the Nordics he won the senior silver medal. Bøe also competed at the 2015 Junior Worlds in Tallinn, but was eliminated after the short.

During the 2015–16 JGP series, Bøe placed tenth at both of his assignments, in Riga and Torun. Ranked 20th in the short, he advanced to the free skate at the 2016 European Championships in Bratislava and finished 24th overall. He also reached the final segment at the 2016 World Junior Championships in Debrecen, Hungary, placing 21st overall.

Bøe returned to Norway by December 2017, deciding to rejoin Berit Steigedal in Asker.^[8] In February 2019, he outscored Alexander Majorov to win gold at The Nordics.

Bøe retired from competitive skating in March 2021.^[9]

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating
2020–2021	Someone You Loved by Lewis Capaldi choreo. by Tom Dickson	The Four Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi choreo. by Tom Dickson
2019–2020 [10]	I Found You by James Bay choreo. by Sondre Oddvoll Bøe	Loving You by Seafret Wildfire by Seafret choreo. by Mark Pillay
2018–2019 [11]	You Are the Reason by Calum Scott choreo. by Mark Pillay	Les Misérables Bring Him Home performed by The Piano Guys Bring Him Home performed by Josh Groban choreo. by Mark Pillay
2017–2018 [4]	Silent Storm by Carl Espen	Exogenesis: Symphony by Muse
2016–2017 [12]	I See Fire by Ed Sheeran choreo. by Michael Huth	Bring Him Home (from Les Misérables) by Claude-Michel Schönberg choreo. by Michael Huth
2015–2016 [1][13]	Puttin' On the Ritz (Club des Belugas remix) by Irving Berlin	Mi Mancherai by Josh Groban (feat. Joshua Bell)
2014–2015 [7]	A Day in the Life by The Beatles choreo. by Kaja Hanevold[5]	Tango medley by Astor Piazzolla choreo. by Rostislav Sinicyn[5]
2013–2014 [6]	Crime Spree (from Dick Tracy) by Danny Elfman The Strength of the Righteous (from The Untouchables) by Ennio Morricone choreo. by Kaja Hanevold[5]	Tango medley by Astor Piazzolla choreo. by Kaja Hanevold[5]
2012–2013 [14]	Crime Spree (from Dick Tracy) by Danny Elfman The Strength of the Righteous (from The Untouchables) by Ennio Morricone	Prince Igor by Alexander Borodin

Competitive highlights

CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[15]
Event	12–13	13–14	14–15	15–16	16–17	17–18	18–19	19–20
Europeans		25th	22nd	24th	24th	22nd	18th	21st
CS Finlandia							14th
CS Golden Spin			14th			16th
CS Lombardia						14th		11th
CS Nebelhorn						20th
CS Ondrej Nepela								9th
CS Tallinn Trophy				8th
CS Warsaw Cup			14th	10th	11th
Bavarian Open					8th
Challenge Cup						9th	9th	15th
Cup of Nice				13th
Cup of Tyrol						7th
Denkova-Staviski							3rd	9th
Golden Bear					6th
Ice Star							9th
Nordics		5th	2nd				1st	2nd
Printemps						8th
Santa Claus Cup								4th
Toruń Cup				5th	9th
Triglav Trophy		7th
Volvo Open							8th	13th
International: Junior[15]
Junior Worlds	26th	24th	26th	21st	19th
JGP Austria	12th
JGP Estonia			13th
JGP France	15th				8th
JGP Germany			14th
JGP Latvia		23rd		10th
JGP Poland		14th		10th
JGP Slovenia					11th
Crystal Skate	3rd J
EYOF	7th J
Nordics	1st J
NRW Trophy		6th J
Volvo Cup	4th J
Warsaw Cup	2nd J	1st J
National[15]
Norwegian	1st J	1st		1st			1st	1st
J = Junior; WD = Withdrew

References

1. "Sondre ODDVOLL BOE: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 27 May 2016.
2. Amble, Kari (18 September 2014). "Sondre Oddvoll Bøe satser i Oberstdorf!" [Sondre Oddvoll Bøe bets on Oberstdorf] (in Norwegian). Norges Skøyteforbund.
3. "sondreboe.com Biografi" (in Norwegian). sondreboe.com. Archived from the original on 1 November 2016.
4. "Sondre ODDVOLL BOE: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 29 May 2018.
5. Stevens, Ryan (1 October 2014). "Interview With Sondre Oddvoll Bøe". Skate Guard.
6. "Sondre ODDVOLL BOE: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 22 June 2014.
7. "Sondre ODDVOLL BOE: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 23 May 2015.
8. Jarlsbo, Øystein (19 December 2017). "Norges kunstløp-håp flytter hjem: Følte seg ensom". vg.no (in Norwegian).
9. "Sondre legger opp". skoyteforbundet.no (in Norwegian). March 2021.
10. "Sondre ODDVOLL BOE: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 8 January 2020.
11. "Sondre ODDVOLL BOE: 2018/2019". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 9 August 2019.
12. "Sondre ODDVOLL BOE: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 30 May 2017.
13. "Sommerbrev 2015" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Norges Skøyteforbund. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 August 2015.
14. "Sondre ODDVOLL BOE: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 2 March 2013.
15. "Competition Results: Sondre ODDVOLL BOE". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 4 January 2020.

External links

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• Sondre ODDVOLL BOE at the International Skating Union