First person to win Olympic gold in skateboarding (male)

First person to win Olympic gold in skateboarding (male)
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Yuto Horigome
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Japan (Koto)
Cuándo
25 July 2020

The first person to win Olympic gold in skateboarding (male) is Yuto Horigome (Japan), at the Ariake Urban Sports Park, in Koto, Tokyo, Japan, on 25 July 2021.

Yuto Horigome lit up the new Olympic sport of Skateboarding at the Tokyo 2020 games, winning ahead of Brazil's Kelvin Hossler and the USA's Jagger Eaton. Yuto winning on home soil also saw off pre-competition favourite Nyjah Huston.