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Grace Sun "Sunny" Choi (born November 10, 1988) is an American breakdancer who competed in the inaugural breaking competition at the 2024 Summer Olympics.She previously performed as a youth gymnast and a director at Estée Lauder before leaving to pursue breaking full-time.
Logan Elanna Edra (born May 8, 2003), known by her nickname B-Girl Logistx (pronounced "logistics"), [1] is an American breakdancer. She qualified for the United States at the 2024 Summer Olympics, featuring the debut of breakdancing at the Olympics.
The American B-girl, as break dancers are known, won on Saturday the first Pan American gold medal for the sport that mixes dancing and acrobatics. She also qualified for the Paris Olympics next year.
Victor Montalvo (born May 1, 1994), [1] also known mononymously as Victor, [1] is an American b-boy.He was born in Kissimmee, Florida to parents from Puebla, Mexico. [2]He participated at the 2022 World Games in the dancesport competition where he won the gold medal [3] in the B-Boys event.
Breaking will make its debut at the Paris Olympics, and U.S. athletes are excited to showcase the sport’s culture — and their unique moves — on the world’s biggest stage.
Breakdancing began on the streets of New York in the 1970s. Now the artform and sport, known competitively as breaking, is in the Olympics — and its athletes are ready to show off their moves.
"An important thing to clarify is that the term 'Break dancing' is wrong, I read that in many magazines but that is a media term. The correct term is 'Breakin', people who do it are B-Boys and B-Girls. The term 'Break dancing' has to be thrown out of the dance vocabulary." [24] Hip-Hop Dance Conservatory
The dance style originated in The Bronx, New York, and has been around since the early ’80s, but on Friday, August 9, it’ll finally make its way to the international Olympics stage.