Shaun White Skateboarding Olympics
He won his first us open at 16 becoming the youngest rider ever to do so and won his first olympics gold medal at 19.
Shaun white skateboarding olympics. He holds the record for the most x games gold medals and most olympic gold medals by a snowboarder and has won 10 espy awards. The three time olympic snowboard champion has been focused solely on the event ever since. The next olympics are still a year away and already shaun white is thinking about the games after that. And it has nothing to do with the halfpipe.
Shaun white only has snow on his mind. The world s best known snowboarder tells the associated press he s exploring competing at the tokyo summer olympics in skateboarding which will be added to the program for 2020. And who knows maybe even try to defend his title in beijing in 2022 where he will be just 35. Ap if the world sees shaun white at an olympics again it will be in 2022 not later this year.
It is well known that legends never die after all. Shaun white is sticking to the surface he knows best. The 33 year old told the associated press on saturday that he does not play on trying to qualify for the skateboarding event in this year s olympics in tokyo. Shaun roger white born september 3 1986 is an american professional snowboarder skateboarder and musician.
Shaun white has an uphill battle on his hands. He racked up a record breaking number of contest wins in us open air style x games dew tour and espy awards becoming the most decorated snowboarder in history all before legal drinking age. Shaun got sponsored by burton at 7 and turned pro at 13. But with the skateboard qualifying window for tokyo 2020 opening in may 2019 the american is preparing to up the ante for another shot at olympic gold.
He is a three time olympic gold medalist. White announced his sport swap to skateboard in july 2018. The three time olympic gold medalist in snowboarding won t attempt to qualify for this summer s tokyo olympics in skateboarding.