Aug 12, 2024 - News

Florida breaker's Olympic glory

Jeff Weiner

Gold medallist B-Boy Phil Wizard of Team Canada (C), Silver medalist B-Boy Dany Dann of Team France (L) and Bronze medalist B-Boy Victor of Team United States (R) pose during the Breaking B-Boys medal ceremony after the Breaking B-Boys Battles on day fifteen of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Place — Kissimmee's own B-Boy Victor (right) celebrates his bronze medal finish. Photo: Elsa/Getty Images

Kissimmee's own B-Boy Victor (right) celebrates his bronze medal finish. Photo: Elsa/Getty Images

Victor Montalvo, who hails from Kissimmee, finished third in the inaugural men's breaking event at the Olympics on Saturday.

His bronze joined the huge haul of medals won at this year's Games by athletes raised or trained in Florida.

B-Boy Victor of Team United States competes with B-Boy Shigekix of Team Japan in the Breaking B-Boys Bronze Medal Battle on day fifteen of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Place de la Concorde on August 10, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images) — B-Boy Victor defied gravity in Saturday's B-boys bronze medal battle. Photo: Steph Chambers/Getty Images

US' Victor Montalvo known as Victor competes in the Men's Breaking dance quarter-final of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at La Concorde in Paris, on August 10, 2024. (Photo by Odd ANDERSEN / AFP — Montalvo made it look easy. (It wasn't.) Photo: Odd Andersen/AFP

Montalvo, aka B-Boy Victor, lost to France's Danis "Dany Dann" Civil in the semi-final but topped Japan's Shigeyuki "Shigekix" Nakarai to secure a place on the podium.

Philip "Phil Wizard" Kim of Canada claimed gold.

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