Victor Montalvo of Florida is the first U.S. athlete to win a medal in Olympic breaking, which debuted at the Paris Games.
He doesn't just break, he breaks new ground.Victor Montalvo, or 'B-Boy Victor,' already the highest-ranked American male in the sport of breaking, accomplished a new feat last week, becoming the first U.S. athlete to win a medal in Olympic breaking, which debuted at the Paris Games.The 30-year-old brought bronze back to the United States, the birthplace of the sport, after a series of one-one-one showdowns on Aug. 10 at Place de la Concorde in Paris .
Originally from Kissimmee, Florida, B-Boy Victor learned the ropes of breaking from his father, Victor Bermudez, and his father's twin brother, Hector, described as 'breaking pioneers.' The two picked up the craft in the early eighties in Puebla, Mexico. They were inspired by 'Beat Street,' Montalvo said, a film about hip-hop culture in 1980s New York.
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