Gui Khury

Gui Khury
Personal information
Full nameGuilherme Khury
Born18 December 2008 (2008-12-18) (age 15)[1]
Curitiba, Brazil
Height5 ft 3 in (160 cm)[needs update?]
Sport
CountryBrazil
SportSkateboarding
EventVert skateboarding
Turned pro2019
Medal record
Men's skateboarding
Representing  Brazil
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2024 Rome Vert
Silver medal – second place 2022 Buenos Aires Vert
X Games
Gold medal – first place 2024 Chiba Vert Best Trick
Gold medal – first place 2024 Chiba Skateboard Vert
Gold medal – first place 2024 Ventura Vert Best Trick
Gold medal – first place 2023 Southern California Vert Best Trick
Gold medal – first place 2021 Vista Vert Best Trick
Silver medal – second place 2023 Southern California MegaPark
Silver medal – second place 2022 Chiba Vert Best Trick
Silver medal – second place 2022 Southern California Vert Best Trick
Silver medal – second place 2022 Southern California Skateboard Vert
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Chiba Skateboard Vert
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Chiba Vert Best Trick
Updated on October 1, 2024

Guilherme Khury (born 18 December 2008) 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 previously held the record for being the youngest person ever to land a 900, which he landed at age 8 (later broken by Ema Kawakami). He holds the record for being the youngest person to compete at the X Games at the age of 10 years and 7 months.

In 2020, he was officially awarded two Guinness World Records for being the Youngest X Games Athlete and for the first 1080 on a vert ramp,[4] followed by a third in 2021 for being the youngest male X-Games gold medalist.[5]

Early life

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Khury was born in Curitiba, Brazil in 2008, along with his twin sister to a family of Lebanese descent (“Khury” is Arabic for “priest”) .[6] In 2011, his family moved to Carlsbad, California, when he was two years old.[7] 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.[4] In 2015, the family moved back to Brazil, where his father built an indoor ramp for him to practice.[7] He completed his first 540 at the age of 7, becoming the youngest to do so.[8] Three months later, he had landed his first 720 and became the youngest in the world to land it.[9] In July 2017, he suffered a serious accident, fracturing his skull when he fell from a second-story window, landing on a gas meter.[7] 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[7][10] In 2021, he landed "The McKenzie" (a 720° (making two complete turns) on the axis and landing with the back foot).[11]

Skateboarding highlights

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900

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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.[12] (This record was later broken by Ema Kawakami in 2022)

X Games

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Khury was invited to his first X Games at the 2019 X Games Summer Event in Minneapolis.[13] 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.[14] At the same time, he became the youngest athlete to land a 900 at an X Games.[citation needed]

1080

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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.[15] (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 after 10 attempts.[9] Khury performed the feat “in an indoor skateboard training facility built at his home in Curitiba, Brazil, by Green Box,” a Brazilian company.[7] 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.[16] Professional skateboarders Bob Burnquist and Tony Hawk called him to congratulate him on the accomplishment.[17][18]

X-Games Gold

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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).[19] 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.[20]

Further highlights

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In April 2022, at the 2022 Spring X Games in Chiba, Japan, Khury landed another 1080 in the Vert Best Trick contest winning the silver medal, being defeated by Mitchie Brusco, and also won bronze in the Vert Skate competition, becoming the youngest person to ever win a medal in the event at the X Games.[21] At the 2022 Summer X Games in Los Angeles, he won two silver medals in Vertical Skate and Vert Best Trick.[22] In July 2022, he won gold at Vert Battle.[23] In September 2022, he won silver in the Men's Park competition at the STU National 2022.[24]

Guinness World Records

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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 [25]
Youngest X Games gold medallist (male) 12 years, 210 days 16 July 2021 Vista, California, USA [26]

References

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  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 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.
  5. ^ Sanchez, Luisa (30 December 2021). "How young XGames skateboarder Gui Khury broke three records". Guinness World Records.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ Zeegers, Madilyn (7 June 2020). "Tony Hawk's Greatest Achievement Was Just Outdone by an 11-Year-Old". Showbiz CheatSheet. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ 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).
  11. ^ "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.
  12. ^ "Brazilian 11-year-old Gui Khury becomes first skateboarder to land 1080 on vertical ramp". The Telegraph. 11 May 2020.
  13. ^ "X Games Minneapolis 2019 Invited Athletes". X Games. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  14. ^ Tarrant, Jack (1 August 2019). "Young skaters challenge old dudes at Minneapolis X Games". Reuters. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  15. ^ "11-year-old skateboarder lands 1st ever vert ramp 1080". CBC. 9 May 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  16. ^ Downie, Andrew (10 May 2020). "Lockdown spurs 11-year-old Brazilian to shatter skating record". Reuters. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  17. ^ Miller, David (19 August 2020). "A quick look at professional skateboarding". The Ponca City News. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  18. ^ 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.
  19. ^ 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).
  20. ^ 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.
  21. ^ Gavini, Fernando (23 April 2022). "Gui Khury fatura prata e bronze no skate vert no X Games Chiba" [Gui Khury wins silver and bronze in skate vert at X Games Chiba]. Olimpíada Todo Dia (in Portuguese).
  22. ^ Pratap, Abhishek (21 July 2022). "Gui Khury, 13, takes two silvers at X Games". Play Crazy Game.
  23. ^ Perez, Giba (31 July 2022). "Gui Khury completa dois 900º e é campeão do Vert Battle" [Gui Khury completes two 900º and is champion of Vert Battle]. Globo (in Portuguese).
  24. ^ "Após vice no STU em Recife, Gui Khury fala em Paris-2024" [After runner-up at the STU in Recife, Gui Khury speaks at Paris-2024]. Olimpíada Todo Dia (in Portuguese). 20 September 2022.
  25. ^ "First skateboard '1080' on a vertical ramp". Guinness World Records. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  26. ^ "Youngest X Games gold medallist (male)". Guinness World Records.
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