PALMER Keegan

Australia
Skateboarding
13 Mar 2003
18
Male
SAN DIEGO, CA
 
United States of America
ENCINITAS, CA
 
United States of America

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
SKB Skateboarding Men's Park 1 Gold Medal

Schedule

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Biographical Information

Highlights

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World Skate World Championships
YearLocationPark
2019Sao Paulo, BRA4
2018Nanjing, CHN3

X Games
YearLocationPark
2019Minneapolis, MN, USA9
2018Minneapolis, MN, USA10

VPS Pro Tour
YearLocationPark
2019Chelles, FRA5
2019Shanghai, CHN6
2018Sao Paulo, BRA5
2018Vancouver, BC, CAN18
2017Huntington Beach, CA, USA23
2017Malmo, SWE9
2017Sydney, NSW, AUS23
2017Vancouver, BC, CAN9

Dew Tour
YearLocationPark
2019Long Beach, CA, USA3
2018Long Beach, CA, USA7

World Cup Skateboarding overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017
YearBowl
20191 x 11th
20181 x 9th

World Cup Skateboarding - Ten best performances since 2017
RankYearEventCompetitionLocation
92018Men's BowlWorld Cup SkateboardingOrange, CA, USA
112019Men's BowlWorld Cup SkateboardingLincoln City, OR, USA
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Surfing. "If surfing's still there when I complete everything I want to do in skating then I guess I'll do it, but I'm just really focused on the skating part and just surf for fun with friends and family." (espn.com.au, 09 Jun 2020)
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Athlete
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English
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New South Wales Institute of Sport [NSWIS] [Australia]
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Turned professional in 2018
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He took up surfing at an early age before switching his focus to skateboarding. "My parents got me a skateboard when I was three and I was just able to stand on it. I started surfing before I started skating and I really wanted to be a pro skater and surfer, but I took off in my skating - I started doing really well in contests, I won a couple and I just put all my focus into skating. I've been skating pretty full on since I was about seven years old." (espn.com.au, 09 Jun 2020; theberrics.com, 27 Apr 2018; monsterchildren.com, 05 Sep 2016; goldcoastbulletin.com.au, 16 Jan 2014)
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"I just have such a passion and love for skateboarding, because I love learning new things. In skating you learn something new pretty much every single day, and I guess that's why I love it." (espn.com.au, 09 Jun 2020)
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To win a gold medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (nine.com.au, 18 May 2020)
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Winning the 2018 Bowl-O-Rama event in Bondi Beach, NSW, Australia. "It was my very first pro win and it was definitely a goal because it was the last one. I was the second Australian to win it after it had been 10 years since an Australian last won it." (nine.com.au, 18 May 2020)
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US skateboarders Tom Schaar, Cory Juneau, Alex Sorgente. (nine.com.au, 18 May 2020)

General Interest

Preferred stance
Goofy (vansparkseries.com, 09 Oct 2019)

General
DUAL CITIZENSHIP
Born in the United States of America, he moved with his family to Gold Coast, QLD, Australia at an early age. In 2017 he decided to move to the US for access to more training facilities. "That was the main reason I moved to America, because the parks here are so much better and you can get prepared here better. We still have a house on the Gold Coast of Queensland that we rent out now [2020], but I usually go to Sydney, because that's where all the training facilities are. The reason that I wanted to represent Australia in the Olympics was I'd pretty much learned how to do everything in Australia. I learned how to skate, how to surf, I went to school in Australia - literally everything that I've grown up to do has been in Australia - especially skateboarding. It was meant to be and right to do it there, nowhere else." (dewtour.com, 10 Jun 2020; espn.com.au, 09 Jun 2020; tripleblack.com, 01 Jan 2020; theberrics.com, 27 Apr 2018)

Legend
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Gold Medal
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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