Gui Khury

Guilherme 'Gui' Khury (born January 1, 2009, in Curitiba, Brazil[1]) is a Brazilian skateboarder known for being the first person to land a 1080 (three full revolutions) on a vertical ramp.[2]

Gui Khury
Personal information
Full nameGuilherme Khury
Born (2009-01-01) January 1, 2009
Curitiba, Brazil
Sport
CountryBrazil
SportSkateboarding

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.[3]

900
Main article: 900 (skateboarding)

At age 8, Khury became the youngest person in the world to land a 900, first achieved by Tony Hawk in 1999.[4]

Khury is also the youngest athlete to land a 900 at an X Games, which he accomplished at the age of 10 years, 7 months.[3]

1080
Main article: 1080 (skateboarding)

On May 8, 2020, at age 11, Khury became the first person to land a 1080 on a vertical ramp, breaking Tony Hawk’s record 900 on a vertical ramp set in 1999.[5] (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.) Khury performed the feat “in an indoor skateboard training facility built at his home in Curitiba, Brazil, by Green Box,” a Brazilian company.[6] Khury’s father credited school closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic with providing his son extra time and energy to practice the technique.[2]

References
  1. "Gui Khury".
  2. George Ramsay (May 11, 2020). "Skateboarder Gui Khury, 11, lands historic 1080-degree turn". CNN.
  3. "X-Games 2019: a child's play". Teller Report. August 3, 2019.
  4. "Brazilian 11-year-old Gui Khury becomes first skateboarder to land 1080 on vertical ramp". The Telegraph. May 11, 2020.
  5. "11-year-old skateboarder lands 1st ever vert ramp 1080". CBC. May 9, 2020. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
  6. "Skateboarder Gui Khury lands first-ever 1080 on a vert ramp". Surfer Today. May 9, 2020. Retrieved May 13, 2020.
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