10 Facts About Sage Kotsenburg

Sage Kotsenburg was born on July 27,1993 and is an American snowboarder.

Sage Kotsenburg won the first-ever Olympic gold medal in men's snowboard slopestyle at the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia, and became the first gold medalist at these Olympics.

Sage Kotsenburg won a bronze medal in Snowboard Big Air at the 2011 Winter X Games XV in Aspen, Colorado, behind Torstein Horgmo and Sebastien Toutant.

Sage Kotsenburg was born in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, but grew up in Park City, Utah.

Sage Kotsenburg has two older brothers, and a younger sister.

Sage Kotsenburg started snowboarding at the age of five with older brother Blaze.

Sage Kotsenburg made his US Open debut at the age of 12.

Sage Kotsenburg won the Winter X Games XVI Slopestyle silver in 2012.

Sage Kotsenburg won slopestyle gold at the 2014 Sochi Olympics, nailing one trick he had never tried before and performing an original grab he invented, the "Holy Crail".

Sage Kotsenburg was the first gold medalist of the Olympic Games as well as the first medal for the United States.