Andreas Wiig

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Olympic medal record
X Games Medal Record
Men's Snowboarding
Bronze	2005	Slopestyle
Silver	2006	Slopestyle
Gold	2007	Slopestyle
Gold	2008	Slopestyle

Andreas Wiig[1] is a Norwegian professional snowboarder. He rides regular.

Andreas was born on March 5th 1981 in Oslo. He made a name for himself when he won two gold medals at the 2007 Winter X Games (WXG). In Slopestyle he beat Jussi Oksanen as well as four time defending Slopestyle gold medalist Shaun White, who also was in pursuit of his seventh gold medal.[2] In Best Trick he went head-to-head and won against Travis Rice, who bailed during both his daring attempts at his trademark Double Cork 1080.[3] Wiig already had a bronze medal from WXG 2005 and a silver medal from 2006.

In the 2008 Winter X Games he again beat Shaun White for the slopestyle gold medal. White came 3rd, and Kevin Pearce finished 2nd. After this he signed a contract for $500,000 dollars to move from sponsor Omatic to the all black boarding company Nitro.

Andreas is currently in a relationship with Norwegian singer Marion Raven. He appeared in the music video of her single Falling Away.