Elliot Sloan (born July 29, 1988) is an American professional skateboarder. He is a sixteen-time X Games medalist (7 Gold),[2] most recently winning gold[3] in the Skateboard vert best trick event at the 2023 X Games in Japan.
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| Born | July 29, 1988[1] New York City, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Skateboarding | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sloan was born in New York City and was raised there.[1][4] He cites Tony Hawk as an influence for him to begin skateboarding.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b "Elliot Sloan's official X Games athlete biography". ESPN. Archived from the original on May 30, 2016. Retrieved May 15, 2016.
- ^ "Elliot Sloan lands MegaRamp tailgrab 900". ESPN. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved June 7, 2015.
- ^ "Elliot Sloan wins gold in Skateboard Big Air". XGames. Retrieved October 1, 2019.
- ^ "Biography". ElliotSloan.com. Retrieved May 15, 2016.
- ^ O'Neil, Devon. "Reflecting on Tony Hawk's 900". ESPN. Archived from the original on June 12, 2015. Retrieved June 7, 2015.
External links
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Media related to Elliot Sloan at Wikimedia Commons- Official website
- Elliot Sloan at The Boardr
- Elliot Sloan at the X Games (archive)
