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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 .
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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?
Jul 25, 2021 · Yuto Horigome, 22, who served notice that he was a threat by winning at the Street Skateboarding World Championships in June, earned the sport’s first Olympic gold medal in the sweaty heat on...
Aug 14, 2021 · 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.
May 31, 2024 · Yuto Horigome (born January 7, 1999, Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese professional skateboarder who is the first-ever Olympic gold medalist in the men’s street skateboarding event, which debuted at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
Age 15, Horigome began entering skateboarding contests in America, drawing widespread attention for his ability to take on massive rails and gaps. Sensing California was the place to be to progress his career, in 2016 Horigome moved Stateside full-time.
Jul 24, 2021 · And on Sunday, Yuto Horigome, an unassuming 22-year-old from the east side of Tokyo, might win the first Olympic gold medal in skateboarding — if he can beat the far more famous and rich Nyjah...
