Artefacts

Tokyo 2020, board of Yuto HORIGOME (JPN), Olympic skateboarding champion.

Physical description

Concave wooden board covered with a "non-slip" adhesive sheet. The front and back are curved slightly upwards. The back of the board is illustrated by a cloudy landscape at dawn, caption: "YUTO HORIGOME APRIL".

Created

Created: April

Used

Used: Yuto HORIGOME

Materials

wood

Colors

black, multi coloured

Dimension

20.6 x 81.3 cm, 1 cm, 1.322 kg

Type of item

Sport equipment -> skateboard

Reference number

237318

Keywords

Olympic champion Tokyo 2020, Olympic Games Japan Male Skateboarding

Notes

Tokyo 2020, skateboard and shoes belonging to Yuto HORIGOME (JPN), Olympic skateboard champion. Yuto Horigome became the first Olympic skateboarding gold medallist in history, in the men’s street event. Street is one of the two disciplines staged at the Games. In street, the skater must perform highly technical tricks on a course with urban obstacles such as ramps. Donated by the athlete