Victor Bernudez Montalvo (born May 1, 1994), also known mononymously as Victor, is an American

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. He was born in

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to parents from

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, Mexico. He participated at the

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in the

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competition where he won the gold medal in the B-Boys event. He is also a two-time champion of

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, winning in 2015 and 2022. Montalvo became the first American to qualify for the Olympics in the sport of breaking. He is married to Ukrainian-born b-girl Kateryna Pavlenko.

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* * 1994 births Living people American breakdancers American male dancers Olympic breakdancers for the United States Olympic bronze medalists for the United States Olympic medalists in breakdancing Breakdancers at the 2024 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics World Games gold medalists for the United States World Games medalists in dancesport Medalists at the 2022 World Games Hispanic and Latino American dancers American people of Mexican descent Sportspeople from Kissimmee, Florida Sportspeople from Orlando, Florida 21st-century American sportsmen {{Dance-bio-stub