Taiga Hasegawa
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| Born | 23 October 2005 Iwakura, Aichi Prefecture, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 55 kg (121 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Snowboarding | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Big air, Slopestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Taiga Hasegawa (長谷川 帝勝, Hasegawa Taiga; born 23 October 2005) is a Japanese snowboarder. He represented Japan at the 2026 Winter Olympics and won a silver medal in slopestyle.
Career
Hasegawa represented Japan at the 2023 Snowboarding World Championships and won a gold medal in the big air event with a score of 177.25 points.[1][2]
In January 2024, he competed at the 2024 Winter X Games in the big air event. He became the first snowboarder to land a switch backside 1980 in competition, and won a gold medal.[3] In January 2025, he again competed at the X Games and won a silver medal in the big air, and a bronze medal in the slopestyle events.[4]
In March 2025, he again represented Japan at the 2025 Snowboarding World Championships and won a silver medal in the big air event with a score of 174.50 points.[5][6]
He represented Japan at the 2026 Winter Olympics and won a silver medal in the slopestyle event with a score of 82.13.[7]
References
- ^ de Villiers, Ockert (4 March 2023). "Anna Gasser and 17-year-old Hasegawa Taiga wins snowboard big air gold at 2023 Freestyle World Championships". olympics.com. Retrieved 28 March 2025.
- ^ "Bakuriani 2023 big air golds go to Gasser and Hasegawa". fis-ski.com. 4 March 2023. Retrieved 28 March 2025.
- ^ Clavin, Mark (28 January 2024). "Taiga Hasegawa Wins Big Air Gold in Aspen". snowboardmag.com. Retrieved 28 March 2025.
- ^ Stark-Ragsdale, Skyler (26 January 2025). "X Games rookies break records, sweep events Friday and Saturday". The Aspen Times. Retrieved 28 March 2025.
- ^ Bregman, Scott (28 March 2025). "Japan sweeps snowboard big air titles at World Championships in Engadin". olympics.com. Retrieved 28 March 2025.
- ^ "Massive night for Japan with five out of six medals as Murase and Kimata become big air world champions". fis-ski.com. 28 March 2025. Retrieved 28 March 2025.
- ^ "【スノボ】長谷川帝勝 銀メダル獲得 スロープスタイル日本初！「最後に谷を登ってこられた」". sponichi.co.jp (in Japanese). 18 February 2026. Retrieved 18 February 2026.
External links
- Taiga Hasegawa at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- Taiga Hasegawa at the X Games
- Taiga Hasegawa at Olympics.com
- Taiga Hasegawa at Olympedia
- Taiga Hasegawa at InterSportStats
- Taiga Hasegawa at Team Japan (in Japanese) (in English)
- Taiga Hasegawa at Milano Cortina 2026
- Taiga Hasegawa on Instagram