Yūto Totsuka

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Yūto Totsuka
Personal information
NationalityJapanese
Born (2001-09-27) 27 September 2001 (age 23)
Yokohama, Japan
Height1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight64 kg (141 lb)
Sport
CountryJapan
Sport Snowboarding
Event Halfpipe
ClubYonex
Medal record
Men's snowboarding
Representing Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Aspen Halfpipe
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Utah Halfpipe
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2025 Engadin Halfpipe
Winter X Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Aspen Superpipe
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Aspen Superpipe
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2020 Aspen Superpipe

Yūto Totsuka (戸塚優斗, Totsuka Yūto, born 27 September 2001) is a Japanese snowboarder who competed in the men's halfpipe at the 2018 Winter Olympics. He finished 11th overall. [1] He fell during the final, hitting the edge of the halfpipe and injuring his hip, and had to be evacuated by medics. [2] [3]

Totsuka took the silver medal at the 2020 Winter X Games in Aspen, Colorado behind the gold medalist Scotty James. [4]

References

  1. ↑ "Yuto Totsuka". PyeongChang2018.com. Archived from the original on 15 February 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  2. ↑ Scott Davis (14 February 2018). "16-year-old Japanese snowboarder suffers horrifying fall in men's halfpipe and gets taken out on stretcher". Business Insider– via San Francisco Chronicle.
  3. ↑ Phil Rosenthal (14 February 2018). "Why thrill of Shaun White soaring, agony of Yuto Totsuka's crash will stick with us". Chicago Tribune.
  4. ↑ "Aspen 2020 Monster Energy Men's Snowboard SuperPipe".
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