{{Short description|Canadian skateboarder (born 1980)}} {{BLP sources|date=November 2010}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Pierre-Luc Gagnon | image = Pierre-LucGagnonByPhilKonstantin.jpg | imagesize = <!--Only for images narrower than 220 pixels.--> | caption = Pierre-Luc Gagnon in San Diego in 2009 | fullname = Pierre Luc Gagnon | nickname = PLG | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|05|02}} | birth_place = Boucherville, Quebec, Canada | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{convert|5|ft|9|in|m}} | weight = {{convert|168|lb|kg}} | sport = Vert, Big Air and Vert Doubles | event = }} {{MedalTableTop}} {{MedalCountry| Canada}} {{MedalSport|Men's Skateboarding}} {{MedalCompetition|X Games}} {{MedalGold|2002 Philadelphia |Vert}} {{MedalGold|2002 Philadelphia |Vert Best Trick}} {{MedalGold|2005 Los Angeles |Vert}} {{MedalGold|2008 Los Angeles |Vert}} {{MedalGold|2009 Los Angeles |Vert}} {{MedalGold|2010 Los Angeles |Vert}} {{MedalGold|2010 Los Angeles |Vert Best Trick}} {{MedalGold|2012 Los Angeles |Vert}} {{MedalGold|2015 Austin |Vert}} {{MedalSilver|2000 San Francisco |Vert}} {{MedalSilver|2000 San Francisco |Vert Doubles}} {{MedalSilver|2004 Los Angeles |Big Air}} {{MedalSilver|2004 Los Angeles |Vert}} {{MedalSilver|2004 Los Angeles |Vert Best Trick}} {{MedalSilver|2005 Los Angeles |Big Air}} {{MedalSilver|2007 Los Angeles |Vert}} {{MedalSilver|2011 Los Angeles |Vert}} {{MedalSilver|2013 Los Angeles |Vert}} {{MedalBronze|2005 Los Angeles |Vert Best Trick}} {{MedalBronze|2007 Los Angeles |Big Air}} {{MedalCompetition|Dew Tour (Year End Standings)}} {{MedalGold|Dew Tour 2008|Vert}} {{MedalGold|Dew Tour 2010|Vert}} {{MedalGold|Dew Tour 2011|Vert}} {{MedalSilver|Dew Tour 2005|Vert}} {{MedalBronze|Dew Tour 2007|Vert}} {{MedalBronze|Dew Tour 2009|Vert}} {{MedalCompetition|Gravity Games}} {{MedalGold|2002 Cleveland |Vert Best Trick}} {{MedalSilver|2005 Woodwate |Vert Best Trick}} {{MedalBronze|2000 Providence |Vert}} {{MedalBronze|2002 Cleveland |Vert}} {{MedalBronze|2004 Cleveland |Vert}} {{MedalBottom}}
'''Pierre-Luc Gagnon''' ({{IPA|fr|pjɛʁlyk ɡaɲɔ̃}}; born May 2, 1980), commonly known by his initials '''PLG''', is a Canadian professional skateboarder.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://skately.com/library/people/pierre-luc-gagnon|title=Pierre Luc Gagnon Profile < Skately Library|website=skately.com|access-date=2017-07-18}}</ref>
Gagnon began skating in 1988, and entered his first competition in 1992.{{Citation needed|date=August 2009}}
A frequent participant in the X-Games, he has won nineteen medals (nine gold) in the Vert, Vert Double, Big Air and Vert Best Trick categories. He has also been victorious on the Dew Tour and in the Gravity Games, and was the winner of the vert division of the Maloof Money Cup with a wide array of technical flip tricks and spins including a nollie heelflip indy 540.{{Citation needed|date=August 2009}}
Gagnon won the Skateboard Vert at the AST China Invitational in Beijing in 2008.<ref name="2008 Beijing">{{cite web |title=Pierre-Luc Gagnon wins Skateboard Vert in China |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=NewsLibrary&p_multi=APAB&d_place=APAB&p_theme=newslibrary2&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=12076B22423CEFE0&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |publisher=Associated Press Archive |date=2008-04-19 |accessdate=2010-10-29 |quote=Canada's Pierre-Luc Gagnon won the Skateboard Vert and Brazil's Sandro Dias took the Skateboard Vert Best Trick competition Saturday at the AST China Invitational at Beijing International Stadium }}</ref> He won his third successive X-Games gold medal and fifth overall, in 2010.<ref name="2010 X Games">{{cite news |first=Andrew |last=Dalton |title=Montreal's Pierre-Luc Gagnon tops Flying Tomato for X Games gold |url=https://www.thestar.com/sports/article/842693--montreal-s-pierre-luc-gagnon-tops-flying-tomato-for-x-games-gold |newspaper=Montreal Star |date=2010-07-31 |accessdate=2010-10-29 |quote=Pierre-Luc Gagnon, a 30-year-old star from Montreal, won his third straight X Games gold Saturday night at the Nokia Theater, becoming the first ever to three-peat in Skateboard Vert.}}</ref> Shortly after, he won his second Maloof Money Cup skateboard vert competition.<ref name="2010 Maloof">{{cite news |first=DeAntae |last=Prince |title=Pierre-Luc Gagnon wins the Maloof Money Cup |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-aug-08-la-sp-0808-maloof-cup-20100808-story.html |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=2010-08-08 |access-date=2010-10-29 |quote=The win was also Gagnon's second Maloof Money Cup vert victory in the event's three years.}}</ref>
Gagnon is {{convert|5|ft|10|in|cm}} tall and weighs {{convert|168|lb|kg}}. His sponsors include Darkstar skateboards, RDS clothing, Osiris Footwear, Electric visual, Monster energy drink, BOOM Headphones, Capix helmets and Harley-Davidson Motor Company.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://skateparkoftampa.com/spot/sk.aspx?ID=312|title=Pierre Luc Gagnon AKA PLG Skateboarder Profile|website=SPoT Skate Shop at Skatepark of Tampa|access-date=2017-07-18}}</ref>
Gagnon was a part of the cast in a VH1 reality series titled ''The X-Life''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.vh1.com/shows/the_x_life/series.jhtml |title=The X Life | Show Cast, Episodes, Guides, Trailers, Web Exclusives, Previews | VH1.com |access-date=2011-01-11 |archive-date=2011-01-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110104062848/http://www.vh1.com/shows/the_x_life/series.jhtml |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Competition wins== *2002 X Games<ref name="2002 X Games">{{cite web |first=Jim |last=Morris |title=Doing what others can't makes Pierre Luc Gagnon world's top skateboarder |url=http://www.guelphmercury.com/sports/s100939A.html |work=Guelph Mercury |date=2002-10-09 |accessdate=2010-10-29 |quote=Gagnon, coming off first-place performances at both the X-Games and the Gravity Games, will be one of the top draws. |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20021012073906/http://www.guelphmercury.com/sports/s100939A.html |archivedate = 2002-10-12}}</ref> *2002 Gravity Games<ref name="2002 X Games" /> *2005 X Games<ref>{{cite web |title=Raising the bar on the vert ramp |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=LB&p_theme=lb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=10BE1F0BF18C95E8&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |work=Long Beach Press-Telegram |date=2005-08-06 |accessdate=2010-10-29 |quote=Pierre-Luc Gagnon of Carlsbad put down a laborless, technical masterpiece on his third and final run to take his first X Games gold in three years on a memorable night of skateboarding.}}</ref> *2008 AST Chinese Invitational<ref name="2008 Beijing" /> *2008 X Games<ref>{{cite web |title=Montreal's Gagnon captures X-Games gold medal |url=https://www.tsn.ca/other_sports/story/?id=245219&lid=sublink02&lpos=headlines_main |date=2008-08-03 |accessdate=2010-10-29 |quote=Pierre Luc Gagnon of Montreal snagged himself a gold medal Saturday in the Vert final at the X-Games.}}</ref> *2008 Maloof Money Cup<ref>{{cite news |first=Bernie |last=Wilson |title=Gagnon rules the halfpipe at Maloof Money Cup |url=http://www.signonsandiego.com/sports/20080713-2155-maloofmoneycup.html |newspaper=San Diego Union-Tribune |date=2008-07-13 |accessdate=2010-10-29 |quote=With $75,000 and a tricked-up SUV on the line, Pierre-Luc Gagnon flew through and above the halfpipe better than everyone else, including “The Flying Tomato” himself, Shaun White. Gagnon won the pro vert competition Sunday at the inaugural Maloof Money Cup on Sunday.}}</ref> *2009 X Games<ref>{{cite web |title=Montreal's Gagnon wins skateboard Gold at X Games |url=https://www.tsn.ca/other_sports/story/?id=286534 |publisher=TSN |date=2009-08-02 |accessdate=2010-10-29 |quote=Canadian Pierre-Luc Gagnon's superstition may have been the extra motivation needed for him to capture gold in Skateboard Vert on Saturday at the 2009 X Games.}}</ref> *2010 X Games<ref name="2010 X Games" /> *2010 Maloof Money Cup<ref name="2010 Maloof" /> *2011 Dew Cup<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/action/skateboarding/story/_/id/7101797/skate-results-2011-dew-tour-championships-las-vegas|title = 2011 Dew Tour Championships: Skate|date = 14 October 2011}}</ref> *2012 X Games<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rds.ca/extremes/chroniques/328356.html|title = P.-L. Gagnon bat Shaun White en finale|date = 16 October 2011}}</ref> *2015 X Games<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-06-05 |title=Le Québécois Pierre-Luc Gagnon remporte l’épreuve de rouli-roulant sur rampe |url=https://www.rds.ca/sports-extr%C3%AAmes/jeux-extr%C3%AAmes-d-%C3%A9t%C3%A9-le-qu%C3%A9b%C3%A9cois-pierre-luc-gagnon-remporte-l-%C3%A9preuve-de-rouli-roulant-sur-rampe-1.2410513 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150608015146/http://www.rds.ca/sports-extr%C3%AAmes/jeux-extr%C3%AAmes-d-%C3%A9t%C3%A9-le-qu%C3%A9b%C3%A9cois-pierre-luc-gagnon-remporte-l-%C3%A9preuve-de-rouli-roulant-sur-rampe-1.2410513 |archive-date=2015-06-08 |website=RDS.ca |language=fr-CA}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.pierrelucgagnon.com/ Gagnon's official website.] *[http://expn.go.com/athletes/bios/GAGNON_PIERRELUC.html Gagnon's bio on ESPN.]
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