Which sport does Olympic medalist Shaun White compete in?

Shaun White, in full Shaun Roger White, byname the Flying Tomato, (born September 3, 1986, San Diego, California, U.S.), American snowboarder who won Olympic gold medals in the halfpipe event in 2006, 2010, and 2018.

He took up snowboarding at age six and the following year won his first competition. He became a phenomenon on the amateur circuit, claiming five national titles, and turned professional at age 13.

During the 2018 Winter Olympics, where White took home the gold for the Men’s Halfpipe event with a score of 97.75. This win made White the first snowboarder to win three Olympic gold medals and the first American male athlete to win gold at three different Winter Games.

White’s success was not limited to snowboarding. Having entered the professional skateboard circuit in 2003, he was the first athlete to compete in both the Winter and the original (summer) X Games, where he managed to win gold medals in the vertical, or vert, skateboarding event in 2007 and 2011.