 Hoefler at the 2020 Summer Olympics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 10 February 1994 Guarujá, São Paulo, Brazil | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Professional skateboarder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 77 kg (170 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Brazil | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Skateboarding | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Street | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turned pro | 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kelvin Hoefler (born 10 February 1994) is a Brazilian professional street skateboarder. He won the silver medal in the inaugural Olympic men's street skateboarding event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. [1]
Hoefler began skateboarding at age eight in his hometown of Guarujá in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. [2] After winning some events in his early teens, he committed to pursuing skateboarding as a career. [3] He made his professional debut in 2011. [4]
Hoefler steadily climbed the ranks throughout the 2010s to become one of the leading street skateboarders in the world. He has medaled at every major skateboarding tournament – Olympics, World Skateboarding Championship, and X Games – and has won multiple events in the Street League Skateboarding (SLS) and Dew Tour circuits. His top titles include World Championship gold in 2015, X Games Minneapolis gold in 2017, X Games Norway gold in 2018, and silver at the 2020 Summer Olympics. [5] [6]
His sponsors include Powell-Peralta, Monster, and G-Shock. [7]
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