He started snowboarding when he was seven years old and practiced every day after school on a small mountain called Väsjöbacken. Thorgren qualified for the 2014 Winter Olympics. On 6 February 2014 in the qualification event, Thorgren finished the third in his heat and thereby qualified directly to the finals. In the finals, he finished fourth. His most recent medal was at Air&amp;Style, China where he got the gold medal.