How America's only Olympic breakdancing medal was won by Florida man Victor Montalvo

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In the early '90s, Victor Montalvo’s parents decided to leave Mexico and trekked across the Chihuahuan Desert for a better life. 

"They basically had to go through the desert and then get into some random dude's car in Texas. And from there, they drove down to Florida," Montalvo told Fox News Digital about his parents’ journey to the U.S. "My dad told me that he already had a brother that was in Florida. And they're like, ‘Hey, you guys should come here. It's a better life.’"

It was an existential decision that led to Montalvo winning bronze for the U.S. at the Paris Olympics in breakdancing, which was potentially the only time the sport will ever be featured in the Olympics. 

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Bronze medalist Victor Montalvo of Team USA stands on the podium during the Breaking B-Boys medal ceremony at the Olympic Games in Paris on Aug. 10, 2024. (Steph Chambers/Getty Images)

For Montalvo, representing the U.S. was an easy decision inspired by the one his parents made many decades ago. 

Montalvo said his parents first worked on a farm in Florida picking oranges and strawberries for long hours, before his father later got a job at Rainforest Café in Disneyland. Montalvo is the middle of three children for whom his parents had to provide. But that didn’t stop them from introducing Victor to breakdancing at just 6 years old when they came to the country where the sport originated.

"I could have represented Mexico, but honestly, it just feels like I'm taking someone's spot, you know? And I wasn't born in Mexico, my family was born in Mexico, I was born in the U.S. So, for me, it was best to just