Gui Khury

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Gui Khury
Personal information
Full nameGuilherme Khury
Born18 December 2008 (2008-12-18) (age 13)[1]
Curitiba, Brazil
Height4 ft 8 in (142 cm)
Sport
CountryBrazil
SportSkateboarding
Event(s)Vert skateboarding
Turned pro2019
Medal record
Gold medal – first place 2021 Vista Vert Best Trick
Updated on July 16, 2021.

Guilherme 'Gui' Khury (born 18 December 2008, in Curitiba, Brazil) is a Brazilian skateboarder. He is the first person to land a 1080 (three full revolutions) on a vertical ramp and the youngest person to win a gold medal at the X-Games.[2][3]

Khury also holds the record for being the youngest person ever to land a 900, which he landed at age 8, as well as for being the youngest person to compete at the X Games at the age of 10 years and 7 months.[4]

In 2020, he was officially awarded two Guinness World Records for being the Youngest X Games Athlete and for the first 1080 on a vertical ramp,[5] followed by a third in 2021 for being the youngest male X-Games gold medalist.[6]

Early life[]

Khury was born in Curitiba, Brazil in 2008, along with his twin sister.[7] In 2011, his family moved to Carlsbad, California, when he was two years old.[8] He started training at young age, being encouraged by his father. He started training at the YMCA in Encinitas, California, at the age of four.[5] In 2015, the family moved back to Brazil, where his father built an indoor ramp for him to practice.[8] He completed his first 540 at the age of 7, becoming the youngest to do so.[9] Three months later, he had landed his first 720 and became the youngest in the world to land it.[10] In July 2017, he suffered a serious accident, fracturing his skull when he fell from a second-story window, landing on a gas meter.[8] At the age of 9, he became the youngest skater to descend a mega ramp, when he went down Bob Burnquist's 60-foot mega ramp[8][11] In 2021, he landed "The McKenzie" (a 720° (making two complete turns) on the axis and landing with the back foot).[12]

Skateboarding highlights[]

900[]

Main article: 900 (skateboarding)

In 2017, at the age of 8, Khury became the youngest person in the world to land a 900, a 2½-revolution (900 degrees) aerial spin performed on a skateboard ramp. Tony Hawk popularized this move when he was the first to achieve this feat, in 1999.[13]

X Games[]

Khury was invited to his first X Games at the 2019 X Games Summer Event in Minneapolis.[14] By participating in the event, he became the youngest ever competitor at an X Games at the age of 10 years and 7 months, breaking the previous record set by Jagger Eaton seven years earlier.[15] At the same time, he became the youngest athlete to land a 900 at an X Games.[4]

1080[]

Main article: 1080 (skateboarding)

On 8 May 2020, at age 11, Khury became the first person to land a 1080 (three full revolutions) on a vertical ramp, breaking Tony Hawk’s record 900 on a vertical ramp set in 1999.[16] (Tom Schaar landed the first-ever 1080 at the age of 12 in 2012 on a mega ramp, which allows a skater to build up more momentum than on a standard vert ramp.) He achieved it in after 10 attempts.[10] Khury performed the feat “in an indoor skateboard training facility built at his home in Curitiba, Brazil, by Green Box,” a Brazilian company.[8] Khury's father, Ricardo Khury Filho, credited school closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic with providing his son extra time and energy to practice the technique.[17] Professional skateboarders Bob Burnquist and Tony Hawk called him to congratulate him on the accomplishment.[18][19]

X-Games Gold[]

On 16 July 2021, at the 2021 Summer X-Games, Khury became the youngest athlete to win a gold medal at the X-Games, at age 12, in the Skateboard Best Vert Trick competition, where he landed the first successful 1080 in a competition (after having initially completed the trick 14 months prior in solo training).[20] Khury successfully landed a 1080 on the vertical ramp on his 7th and final attempt of the competition. Tony Hawk also was a competitor in the event, coming out of retirement to compete at the X-Games for the first time since 2003.[21]

Guinness World Records[]

Record Feat Date Location Reference
Youngest X Games Athlete 10 years, 225 days 31 July 2019 Minneapolis, USA [1]
First skateboard '1080' on a vertical ramp 1080 May 2020 Curitiba, Brazil [22]
Youngest X Games gold medallist (male) 12 years, 210 days 16 July 2021 Vista, California, USA [23]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Youngest X Games athlete". Guinness World Records. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  2. ^ Ramsay, George (11 May 2020). "Skateboarder Gui Khury, 11, lands historic 1080-degree turn". CNN.
  3. ^ "Gui Khury faz história, acerta 1080º e conquista ouro nos XGames" [Gui Khury makes history, hits 1080º and wins gold in XGames]. Globo (in Portuguese). 16 July 2021.
  4. ^ a b "X-Games 2019: a child's play". Teller Report. 3 August 2019.
  5. ^ a b Sanchez, Luisa (21 June 2020). "11-year-old Brazilian skateboarder lands the first ever 1080 on a vertical ramp". Guinness World Records. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  6. ^ Sanchez, Luisa (30 December 2021). "How young XGames skateboarder Gui Khury broke three records". Guinness World Records.
  7. ^ "Gui Khury inaugura Mega Park no quintal de casa em Curitiba" [Gui Khury opens Mega Park in the backyard of his house in Curitiba]. Globo (in Portuguese). 16 February 2022.
  8. ^ a b c d e "Skateboarder Gui Khury lands first-ever 1080 on a vert ramp". Surfer Today. 9 May 2020. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  9. ^ Zeegers, Madilyn (7 June 2020). "Tony Hawk's Greatest Achievement Was Just Outdone by an 11-Year-Old". Showbiz CheatSheet. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  10. ^ a b Minsberg, Talya (21 May 2020). "Tony Hawk's 900 Spin Was Amazing. An 11-Year-Old Skateboarder Stuck a 1080". The New York Times. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  11. ^ Dillon, Lorena (9 May 2020). "Conheça Gui Khury: de mamadeira vendo Bob Burnquist a manobra inédita no skate aos 11" [Meet Gui Khury: from a bottle watching Bob Burnquist to an unprecedented skateboard maneuver at 11]. Globo (in Portuguese).
  12. ^ "A base vem forte! Com apenas 12 anos, Gui Khury faz manobra rara no skate" [The base is strong! At only 12 years old, Gui Khury makes a rare maneuver on skateboard]. Globo (in Portuguese). 7 March 2021.
  13. ^ "Brazilian 11-year-old Gui Khury becomes first skateboarder to land 1080 on vertical ramp". The Telegraph. 11 May 2020.
  14. ^ "X Games Minneapolis 2019 Invited Athletes". X Games. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  15. ^ Tarrant, Jack (1 August 2019). "Young skaters challenge old dudes at Minneapolis X Games". Reuters. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  16. ^ "11-year-old skateboarder lands 1st ever vert ramp 1080". CBC. 9 May 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  17. ^ Downie, Andrew (10 May 2020). "Lockdown spurs 11-year-old Brazilian to shatter skating record". Reuters. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  18. ^ Miller, David (19 August 2020). "A quick look at professional skateboarding". The Ponca City News. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  19. ^ Ramsey, George (14 August 2020). "How 11-year-old Gui Khury made skateboarding history with first 1080 on a vertical ramp". CNN. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  20. ^ Zárate Córdova, Aranza (16 July 2021). "Gui Khury: El niño de 12 años que rompió el récord de Tony Hawk con un 1080 en los X Games" [Gui Khury: The 12-year-old boy who broke Tony Hawk's record with a 1080 at the X Games]. SDP Noticias (in Spanish).
  21. ^ Bruton, Michelle (16 July 2021). "Tony Hawk Competes In First X Games Skateboard Vert Best Trick Contest Since 2003; Gui Khury Lands First 1080". Forbes.
  22. ^ "First skateboard '1080' on a vertical ramp". Guinness World Records. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  23. ^ "Youngest X Games gold medallist (male)". Guinness World Records.
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