Keegan Palmer won Gold for Australia at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Which sport did Keegan participate in?

Keegan Palmer is an Australian goofy-footed professional skateboarder specialising in park skating. Born in the US, Keegan turned professional at the age of 14 and has since been sponsored by Nike SB, Primitive, Oakley, Independent, Bones Wheels, Bronson Speed Co., Mob, and Boost Mobile.

In 2021, Palmer qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympic Games. On 5 August 2021, and aged only 18, Palmer won the gold medal in the men's park skateboarding event at the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic Games.

Although locking in a gold medal 7.9 points ahead of his nearest rival, Palmer decided to do a victory lap. In the process, he improved his original score of 94.04 (from his first run) to 95.83 (on his third and final run), finishing 9.69 points ahead of his nearest opponent, Brazilian Pedro Barros.

In the 2022 Australia Day Honours Palmer was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for his contribution to Skateboarding and to Australian Sport.