Nate Holland

{{Short description|American snowboarder (born 1978)}}

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{{Infobox sportsperson

| image = Nate Holland.jpg

| caption = Holland in 2010

| full_name =

| birth_date = {{Birth-date and age|November 8, 1978}}

| birth_place = Sandpoint, Idaho, U.S.

| height = 5 ft 10 in

| sport = Snowboarding

| event = Snowboard cross

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport | Men's snowboarding }}

{{MedalCountry | the {{USA}} }}

{{MedalCompetition | World Championships }}

{{MedalBronze | 2007 Arosa | Snowboard cross }}

{{MedalBronze | 2011 La Molina | Snowboard cross }}

{{MedalCompetition | Winter X Games }}

{{MedalGold | 2006 Aspen | Snowboard cross }}

{{MedalGold | 2007 Aspen | Snowboard cross }}

{{MedalGold | 2008 Aspen | Snowboard cross }}

{{MedalGold | 2009 Aspen | Snowboard cross }}

{{MedalGold | 2010 Aspen | Snowboard cross }}

{{MedalGold | 2012 Aspen | Snowboard cross }}

{{MedalGold | 2014 Aspen | Snowboard cross }}

{{MedalBronze | 2011 Aspen | Snowboard cross }}

{{MedalBronze | 2015 Aspen | Snowboard cross }}

}}

Nate Holland (born November 8, 1978, in Sandpoint, Idaho){{Cite web |url=http://www.ussnowboarding.com/athletes/athlete?athleteId=1190 |title=Nate Holland |publisher=United States Ski and Snowboard Association |work=U.S. Snowboarding |access-date=July 26, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111115145717/http://www.ussnowboarding.com/athletes/athlete?athleteId=1190 |archive-date=November 15, 2011}} is an American snowboarder. He competed for the United States at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, where he finished fourteenth; at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, where he finished fourth; and at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, where he was eliminated in the quarterfinals.{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Nate Holland |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ho/nate-holland-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203082437/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ho/nate-holland-1.html |archive-date=December 3, 2016}}

Holland won a gold medal in Snowboard Cross at the 2007 Winter X Games XI in Aspen, Colorado. He won another gold medal at the 2008 Winter X Games XII, beating Markus Schairer in the finals.{{cite web |url=http://expn.go.com/expn/winterx/2008/results/story?pageName=wx12_results_snbxfinalsm |title=Men's Snowboarder X Final Results |website=EXPN.com |date=January 26, 2008 |access-date=November 30, 2008}}{{dead link|date=May 2025}} Holland has won seven gold medals in the X-games, five of which were back to back, creating a new world record for most medals won in a row in Boarder-X.

File:LG Snowboard FIS World Cup (5435325805).jpg, Jake Holden, Konstantin Schad, Nate Holland. Stoneham, 2010]]

Personal life

Holland married his wife, Christen, in June 2012.{{cite news |first=Maryann |last=Hudson |date=October 12, 2012 |url=http://www.teamusa.org/News/2012/October/12/No-Boardercross-Roads.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121016204341/http://www.teamusa.org/News/2012/October/12/No-Boardercross-Roads.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 16, 2012 |title=No Boardercross Roads |work=Team USA |access-date=January 7, 2014 |quote=But in June came the highlight of Holland’s summer, when he married Christen Horner. They live in the North Tahoe area, in Truckee, Calif.}} They live in the North Tahoe area, in Truckee, California. Nate is the middle child of three brothers. His younger brother, Pat Holland, also competes in Boarder-X competitions.

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