Tom Schaar
| Tom Schaar medal table |
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 Schaar in 2013 |
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 United States
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| X-Games | ||
| silver | 2013 Los Angeles | Big Air |
| gold | 2014 Austin | Big Air |
| bronze | 2015 Austin | Big Air |
| bronze | 2015 Austin | Skateboard / BMX Big Air Doubles |
| X-Games Asia | ||
| gold | 2012 Shanghai | Mini mega |
| X-Games Europe | ||
| bronze | 2013 Munich | Big Air |
Tom Schaar (born September 14, 1999 in Malibu , California ) is an American skateboarder .
Life
Schaar started exercising at the age of four; the family owned a small vert ramp in the garden. In October 2011, he was only the eighth and youngest driver in the world at the MegaRamp at Woodward West Action Sports Camp in Tehachapi, California. He managed a so-called 900 , i.e. a two-and-a-half turn around the body's longitudinal axis. On March 30, 2012, he was the first skateboarder ever to have a 1080 on the same course. He only needed five attempts and achieved another 900 while warming up in preparation.
A few weeks later, on April 30, 2012, Schaar won the competition on the Mini-MegaRamp at the X-Games Asia in Shanghai , after he had managed another 1080, for which he received 94.00 points from the judges. He relegated Bob Burnquist and Ronaldo Gomes to their places and is the youngest X Games gold medalist to date. As a result, he received an invitation to the X-Games XVIII, which took place in Los Angeles that summer . In the big air competition there on June 29, 2012, despite a successful 900, he only made eighth place.
2013 was also an extremely successful year for Schaar. In June he won the bronze medal in the Skateboard Big Air at the first X-Games in Munich and just under a month later he even took second place in the same competition at the "original" X-Games XIX in Los Angeles.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Christoffer Kleindienst: 40 kilos of concentrated talent - Tom Schaar. In: Rheinische Post (online edition), June 29, 2012, accessed on July 8, 2012.
- ^ Johannes Gausepohl: X-Games Munich Mega Ramp: 12 year old Tom Schaar is 900. In: Boardstation.de. June 27, 2013, accessed June 29, 2019 .
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| SURNAME | Schaar, Tom |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American skateboarder |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 14, 1999 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Malibu |