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My Take
Shaun White is what happens when raw talent meets an almost frightening competitive will. Three Olympic halfpipe golds across different eras of the sport is the headline, but the detail I keep coming back to is longevity: judged sports devour their champions young, and White kept reinventing his tricks to stay ahead of riders half his age. Add a professional skateboarding career and you have a genuine two-board phenomenon out of San Diego. He did not just win snowboarding contests; he dragged the sport into the mainstream and raised its ceiling. Even in retirement, every halfpipe run is still measured against his.
Overview
Shaun Roger White (born September 3, 1986) is an American former professional snowboarder and skateboarder. He is a five-time Olympian and a three-time Olympic gold medalist in half-pipe snowboarding. He holds the world record for the most X Games gold medals and most Olympic gold medals by a snowboarder. He has also won ten ESPY Awards throughout his career in various categories.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Shaun White
- Name (Japanese)
- ショーン・ホワイト
- Reading
- しょーん・ほわいと
- Born
- September 3, 1986 (age 39)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Tiger
- Origin
- San Diego, California, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 173 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / skateboarder / snowboarder
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Carlsbad High School
- University
- California State University San Marcos
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.