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Brazilian skateboarder (born 1994)

Kelvin Hoefler

Hoefler at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Born (1994-02-10) 10 February 1994 (age 30)Guarujá, São Paulo, Brazil
Occupation Professional skateboarder
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 77 kg (170 lb)
Sport
Country Brazil
Sport Skateboarding
Rank 14th[1]
Event Street
Turned pro 2011
Medal record Men's street skateboarding Representing Brazil Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games – 1 – World Championship 1 1 1 X Games 2 1 2 Total 3 3 3 Olympic Games Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Street World Championships Gold medal – first place 2015 Chicago Street Silver medal – second place 2018 Rio de Janeiro Street Bronze medal – third place 2017 Los Angeles Street X Games Gold medal – first place 2017 Minneapolis Gold medal – first place 2018 Norway Silver medal – second place 2018 Sydney Bronze medal – third place 2018 Minneapolis Bronze medal – third place 2018 Norway

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.[2]

Hoefler began skateboarding at age eight in his hometown of Guarujá in the Brazilian state of São 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, 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.[6][7]

His sponsors include Powell-Peralta, Monster, and G-Shock.[8]

  1. ^ "Olympic World Skateboarding Rankings – Street, Male". World Skate. 6 August 2024. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  2. ^ Vieira, Sheila (25 July 2021). "Kelvin Hoefler é prata no skate e conquista medalha do Brasil em Tóquio". Olympics.com (in Portuguese). Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Hexacampeão mundial, skatista Kelvin Hoefler se empolga com Jogos de Tóquio-2020". Jornal Hoje em Dia (in Brazilian Portuguese). 1 July 2019. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  4. ^ Andrade, Gustavo (11 March 2020). "Kelvin Hoefler: biografia, principais títulos e curiosidades". Esportelândia (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Athletes: HOEFLER Kelvin (Skateboarding)". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Archived from the original on 25 July 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  6. ^ Bugge, Mette (25 May 2019). "Brettet førte ham fra et liv i slummen til et liv i luksus". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  7. ^ Snare, Kaja (20 May 2018). "Måtte i sin første dopingkontroll etter X Games-gullet: – Har gruet meg i flere måneder". NRK (in Norwegian). Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  8. ^ Meronek, Rob. "Profiles and Bios: Kelvin Hoefler". The Boardr. Retrieved 26 July 2021.