Brazil’s Lucas Pinheiro Braathen becomes first-ever South American to…

Brazil’s Lucas Pinheiro Braathen becomes first-ever South American to…

Lucas Pinheiro Braathen grew to become the first South American to win a Winter Olympic medal after he earned gold during Saturday’s males’s large slalom.

The 25-year-old Pinheiro Braathen, who’s ranked second in the world in slalom and large slalom, recorded a mixed time of two:25.00, 0.58 better than 2022 gold medalist Marco Odermatt to win the event.

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Born to a Norwegian father and Brazilian mom, Pinheiro Braathen started his profession representing Norway the place he received 5 World Cup slalom and large slalom races, while making 12 podiums. He competed at the 2022 Beijing Olympics in the slalom and large slalom, however didn’t end both event.

After abruptly retiring in Oct. 2023, Pinheiro Braathen returned to competitors 5 months later representing Brazil. He has one World Cup victory and now made 11 podiums since switching to Brazil ahead of the Milan Cortina Olympics.

Following his mother and father’ divorce when he was three years outdated, Pinheiro Braathen lived together with his mom in Brazil before shifting to Norway to live together with his father when he obtained older.

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“I was introduced to sports in the streets of São Paulo, playing with my neighbors, my family, my friends. I fell in love with sports over there,” Pinheiro Braathen said in 2024. “To be able to come full circle and to be able to represent [Brazil] in a World Cup of a sport, it truly means a lot. To be able to bring the dance to the snow is what I’m seeking to do.”

Pinheiro Braathen, who was one in every of Brazil’s flag bearer for the Opening Ceremony, is now an Olympic historical past maker and joins earlier athletes from his nation such as Isadora Williams, who grew to become the first Brazilian and South American in the women’s determine skating final at the 2018 Olympics; five-time Olympic cross-country skier Jaqueline Mourão; and bobsledder Eric Maleson.

“Norway taught me how to be an athlete, how to brave the cold,” Pinheiro Braathen told reporters last week in Milan. “Brazil taught me how to be myself.”

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