Melvin Morén - Slopestyle Skier Sweden

Hometown: Järna, Sweden | Born: 2002 | Active: 2017-present | Known for: Youth Olympic slopestyle silver in 2020, 2021/22 European Cup overall title | Disciplines: slopestyle, big air

Sunlight covered the Leysin course on 20 January 2020 when Melvin Morén dropped into his third slopestyle run at the Winter Youth Olympic Games. The Swedish skier had two lower scores behind him and one final attempt on the rails and jumps above Lausanne. When he reached the finish, Swedish supporters and other competitors applauded before the judges posted his score. The run became the defining competition scene of a career that had begun in Sweden's FIS park circuit several winters earlier.

Chiesa 2017: Sälen starts internationally

Morén's international record begins in the 2016/17 season, when the FIS competition record lists him with Sälens IF. He raced slopestyle at Chiesa in Valmalenco during the Junior World Championships and also competed at Kläppen and Tandådalen. The following Swedish winters brought runner-up finishes in FIS slopestyle events at Kungsberget, Bollnäs and Tandådalen, building his competition base through rails and park courses before senior international starts.

Leysin 2020: Kiernan Fagan takes gold

At the 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games in Leysin, Morén finished second in men's slopestyle behind Kiernan Fagan and ahead of Hunter Henderson. His final run scored 89.33, while Fagan's winning mark was 90.66. Two days later, Morén finished eighth in big air. The Swedish Olympic Committee's team book records him as born in Järna on 24 July 2002 and competing for Sälens IF. :chatgpt-content-reference{index="1"}

Mediappiness 2021: S.W.A crosses five zones

Competition was only one part of Morén's skiing by 2021. He appeared in S.W.A, Hugo Monmont's Mediappiness production linking skiing with hip-hop. The film used Les Deux Alpes, Les Arcs, Leysin, Canada and street terrain, with Morén among a large crew including Matej Svancer, Simo Peltola, Andreas Herranz, Julian Caillet and Daniel Bacher. That winter he also appeared around Björn Eklund's Swedish film circle alongside Kim Boberg, Hugo Burvall, Oliver Karlberg and Emil Granbom. :chatgpt-content-reference{index="2"}

Stubai 2022: European Cup season closes first

Morén's 2021/22 European Cup campaign ended at Stubai with a slopestyle victory on 22 April. That result moved him to first place in the combined European Cup slopestyle and big air standings, ahead of Thierry Wili and Alexis Ghisleni, and earned Sweden a World Cup quota place for the following season. Earlier in the same campaign he had finished second in slopestyle at Corvatsch and third at La Clusaz, while also placing sixth in Corvatsch big air. :chatgpt-content-reference{index="3"}

Silvaplana 2022–23: World Cup transition

Morén reached the senior World Cup at Silvaplana in March 2022, finishing 27th in slopestyle. His 2022/23 season then included Stubai, Copper Mountain and Laax: 56th in Stubai slopestyle, 41st in Copper Mountain big air and 55th in Laax slopestyle. The Laax course closed the sequence in January 2023 before a fourth-place FIS slopestyle result at Kläppen in February became the final event currently listed in his FIS record. :chatgpt-content-reference{index="4"}

Main competition results

2022/23 — World Cup, Laax — Slopestyle — 55th
2022/23 — World Cup, Copper Mountain — Big air — 41st
2022/23 — World Cup, Stubai — Slopestyle — 56th
2021/22 — World Cup, Silvaplana — Slopestyle — 27th
2019/20 — Winter Youth Olympic Games, Leysin — Slopestyle — Silver

Selection of his strongest results. Not a complete competition record.

Selected filmography

2021 — S.W.A — Mediappiness — Short segment

Selection of his main film projects. Not a complete filmography.

Melwin Moren