Yūto Totsuka

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
Halfpipe
ClubYonex
Medal record
Men's snowboarding
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2026 Milano Cortina Halfpipe
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Aspen Halfpipe
Silver medal – second place 2019 Utah Halfpipe
Bronze medal – third place 2025 Engadin Halfpipe
Winter X Games
Gold medal – first place 2021 Aspen Superpipe
Silver medal – second place 2019 Aspen Superpipe
Silver medal – second place 2020 Aspen Superpipe

Yūto Totsuka (戸塚優斗, Totsuka Yūto; born 27 September 2001) is a Japanese snowboarder and Olympic gold medalist.

Career

He 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]

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

He competed again in the 2026 Winter Olympics, winning the gold medal in the final on February 13 with a score of 95.00 on his second run.[5] The centrepiece of his second run was a cab triple cork 1440. In this Olympics, his score narrowly outcompeted Scotty James’s 93.50.

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".
  5. ^ Imbo, Will (13 February 2026). "Winter Olympics 2026: Japan's Totsuka Yuto soars to men's halfpipe gold at Milano Cortina". Olympics.com. Retrieved 13 February 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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