{{Short description|American snowboarder (born 1978)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2021}} {{Use American English|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox sportsperson | image = Nate Holland.jpg | caption = Holland in 2010 | full_name = <!-- if different --> | 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)<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
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.<ref name=winterx-2008-snbxfinalsm>{{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 |archive-date=January 3, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090103180433/http://expn.go.com/expn/winterx/2008/results/story?pageName=wx12_results_snbxfinalsm |url-status=dead }}</ref> Holland has won seven gold medals in the X-games, five of which were back to back, creating a new world record for the most consecutive medals won in Boarder-X.
[[File:LG Snowboard FIS World Cup (5435325805).jpg|thumb|left|Mike Robertson, Jake Holden, Konstantin Schad, Nate Holland. Stoneham, 2010]]
==Personal life== Holland married his wife, Christen, in June 2012.<ref>{{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.}}</ref> 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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==External links== * {{FIS snowboarder}} * {{X Games|old_id=3014312}} * [https://my.usskiandsnowboard.org/athletes/nate-holland Nate Holland] at U.S. Ski & Snowboard * {{Team USA|new_id=nate-holland|old_id=HO/Nate-Holland|archive=20230205200832}} * {{Olympics.com|nate-holland}} * {{Olympedia}} * {{Facebook}}
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