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| Born | (1994-02-10)10 February 1994 (age 31) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Professional skateboarder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 77 kg (170 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Brazil | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Skateboarding | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | 14th[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Street | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turned pro | 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kelvin Hoefler (born 10 February 1994) is a Brazilian professionalstreet skateboarder. He won the silver medal in theinaugural Olympic men's street skateboarding event at the2020 Summer Olympics inTokyo.[2]
Hoefler began skateboarding at age eight in his hometown ofGuarujá in the Brazilian state ofSão Paulo.[3] After winning some events in his early teens, he committed to pursuing skateboarding as a career.[4] He made his professional debut in 2011.[5]
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, andX Games – and has won multiple events in theStreet League Skateboarding (SLS) andDew 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.[6][7]
His sponsors includePowell-Peralta,Monster, andG-Shock.[8]
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