This is my story
As a child, I was extremely active and I tried many sports. I went to gymnastics for almost two years and I, but it was frustrating not to be able to do all the tricks I wanted to do. It was when I, as an 8-year-old, tried parkour that I became FULLY stuck!
At first, it was my dad, who was a P.E. teacher, who helped med with my first flips, but since then I have always been ”my own coach”. For several years I jumped a lot on our garden trampoline. which developed my flip and twist technique enormously. My dad also built a parkour park in our garden where I have trained a lot.
Parkour is a sport that suits me perfectly. There are always new tricks to learn and new movements to explore. The community in the sport is fantastic and the best time for me is when I am with friends and we train together and challenge each other to new levels.
My interest in parkour really took off when I was 11-12 years old. During Air Wipp SummerCamp 2016 I met new friends from all over Sweden who also loved parkour and after that I started to go and meet them to train together. We have met regularly at jams and competitions since then.
In 2018, xFlow, a training facility focusing partly on parkour, opened in Jönköping. Since xFlow opened, it’s been a ”second home”of mine. I train there pretty much every day during the winter and during rainy days in the summer. In addition to my own practise, I am also a coach at xFlow. I am passionate about helping children develop and grow through the sport of parkour!
KITAKYUSHU
(JPN)
15-17 NOVEMBER 2024 – Photo: Volker Minkus, FIG
📷 Photo cred to Axel Boberg
Results in summary
16 wins in international competitions, World Cup winner 2022, 2023 and 2024. Reigning World Champion
Results in detail
2024
3rd place World Cup Parkour FIG, Montpellier
1st place KOTC winter 2024, online competition
1st place SPL3-finals/ ”World Parkour Championships”, Vancouver, Canada
1st place World Cup Parkour FIG, Coimbra, Portugal
2024 World Cup winner in Freestyle, FIG
1st place World Championships FIG, Kytakyushu, Japan 2024
2023
1st place Kings of the Concrete, Los Angeles
1st place SPL2-finals/ ”World Parkour Championships”, Vancouver
1st place SPL-qualifiers Leuven, Belgium
1st place Movement Master, Melilla, Spain
1st place World Cup Parkour FIG, Montpellier, France
1st place World Cup Parkour FIG, Sofia, Bulgaria
2023 World Cup winner in Freestyle, FIG
2022
1st place Kings of the Concrete – Los Angeles
1st place World Cup Parkour FIG, Montpellier
3rd place in Red Bull Art of Motion, Astypalea, Greece
2nd place The World Games, Birmingham, USA
1st place World Cup Parkour FIG, Sofia
1st place French Freerun Online competition
1st place KOTC summer 2022, online competition
1st place KOTC fall 2022, online competition
2022 World Cup winner in Freestyle, FIG
2021
1st place World Cup Parkour FIG, Sofia 2021
Competed in Red Bull Art of Motion, Athens, July 2021
1st place Krete Digital Flow Battles 2021
(International competition)
1st place Tempest Onlines April 2021
(International competition)
1st place Tempest Onlines March 2021
(International competition)
2020
No competitions due to Covid-19
2019
2nd place, Swedish Championships, Malmö
(National competition)
1st place, Nordstan Takeover, Gothenburg
(International competition)
1st place, Street Mentality Showdown, Stockholm (National competition)
1st place Gotaplatsen Takeover, Gothenburg
(International competition)
2018
1st place, Swedish Championships, Malmö
(National competition)
1st place, Nordstan Takeover, Gothenburg (International competition)
3rd place Street Mentality Showdown (National competition)
Awards
”Yoot of the year”, Storror Awards 2021
”Hardest hitter award”, Red Bull Art of Motion 2022
”Banger of the year”, Storror Awards 2022
Future competitions
KOTC, Los Angeles, USA, spring 2025?
World Cup Parkour FIG, Amsterdam, May 2025
World Cup Parkour FIG, Montpellier, June 2025
WCPF, Tjörnbro Arena, Sweden, July 2025
“Ever since we first met in 2016, Elis has been the first person on the spot and the last one to leave. He has always run his tricks over and over again until they are perfectly executed. He has a sick will and a drive to develop. I think that is one of the biggest reasons why he is now in the elite of the parkour world and why he has become the first in the world with several tricks. Elis always wants to help others develop, no matter how difficult a trick is for someone. He is a very empathetic and positive person.”
– Hannes Larsson
6th place FIG parkour World Championships 2022, 1st place in the Swedish Championships in Parkour 2021, 5th place in FIG Parkour World Cup 2021 Bulgaria,
Athlete of the year 2020 according to Bar Trick Parkour