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Yuto Horigome (堀米 雄斗, Horigome Yūto, born 7 January 1999) is a Japanese professional skateboarder. He won the gold medal in the inaugural Olympic men's street event at the 2020 Summer Olympics, becoming the first person ever to win a gold medal in skateboarding at the Olympics.
- 170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
- 55 kg (121 lb)
- Japanese
- Goofy-footed
Jul 27, 2021 · Just a stone's throw from where he grew up in Tokyo, 22-year-old Japanese skateboarder HORIGOME Yuto won the sport's first-ever Olympic gold medal when he captured the men's street event. How about that for realising a childhood dream?
Horigome Yuto of Japan won the Olympic gold medal in the first ever men’s Olympic street skateboarding contest at Tokyo 2020. Nyjah Huston of the USA was the heavy favourite going into the competition but Horigome strung together some incredible ‘best tricks’ to secure victory at the Olympics in Japan.
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Jul 25, 2021 · Yuto Hurogome, 22, earned skateboarding's first Olympic gold medal in the sweaty heat on Sunday at Tokyo’s Ariake Urban Park. Nyjah Huston finished seventh.
Jul 25, 2021 · Yuto Horigome of Japan claimed the first Olympic gold medal in skateboarding when he won the men’s street final in Tokyo on Sunday.
Ahead of the world street skateboarding championships in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, the Japanese Olympic champion opened up to Olympics.com on the truth behind his effortless style and his Paris 2024 ambitions.
May 5, 2022 · The 23-year-old, who was crowned street skateboarding’s inaugural Olympic champio n in Tokyo, dominated the competition with a couple of new tricks in a rain-shortened final to win his second gold. His peers bowed before him. Horigome was, without question, the life of the party.