Kelvin Hoefler

Kelvin Hoefler is a Brazilian professional street skateboarder, born on 10 February 1993 and raised in the coastal city of Guarujá in the state of São Paulo. He began skating at age eight, won events in his early teens, and turned professional in 2011. Through the 2010s he became one of the leading street skaters in the world and has medaled at the Olympics, the World Skateboarding Championship and the X Games. He won the silver medal in the first Olympic men's street event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and finished sixth at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. Other top results include World Championship gold in 2015 and X Games gold in Minneapolis in 2017 and in Norway in 2018, along with several wins on the Street League Skateboarding and Dew Tour circuits. His sponsors include Powell-Peralta, Monster and G-Shock.