Yūto Totsuka

Yūto Totsuka (戸塚優斗, Totsuka Yūto, born 27 September 2001) is a Japanese snowboarder who competed in the men's halfpipe at the 2018 Winter Olympics. He finished 11th overall.[1] He fell during the final, hitting the edge of the halfpipe and injuring his hip, and had to be evacuated by medics.[2][3]

Yūto Totsuka
Personal information
NationalityJapanese
Born (2001-09-27) 27 September 2001
Yokohama, Japan
Height1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight64 kg (141 lb)
Sport
CountryJapan
SportSnowboarding
Event(s)Halfpipe
ClubYonex
Medal record
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2021 AspenHalfpipe
Silver medal – second place2019 UtahHalfpipe
Winter X Games
Gold medal – first place2021 AspenSuperpipe
Silver medal – second place2019 AspenSuperpipe
Silver medal – second place2020 AspenSuperpipe

Totsuka took the silver medal at the 2020 Winter X Games in Aspen, Colorado behind the gold medalist Scotty James.[4]

References
  1. "Yuto Totsuka". PyeongChang2018.com. Archived from the original on 15 February 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  2. Scott Davis (14 February 2018). "16-year-old Japanese snowboarder suffers horrifying fall in men's halfpipe and gets taken out on stretcher". Business Insider – via San Francisco Chronicle.
  3. Phil Rosenthal (14 February 2018). "Why thrill of Shaun White soaring, agony of Yuto Totsuka's crash will stick with us". Chicago Tribune.
  4. "Aspen 2020 Monster Energy Men's Snowboard SuperPipe".
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