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Sky Brown (スカイ・ブラウン, Sukai Buraun, born 7 July 2008) [2] [3] is a British-Japanese professional skateboarder and surfer who competes for Great Britain. She was the youngest professional skateboarder in the world, and has also won the American TV programme Dancing with the Stars: Juniors.
[6] [9] In 2024, she won bronze at the 2024 World Skateboarding Tour Dubai, competing in the street skating event. [6] She competed at the 2024 Olympic Qualifier Series and placed third at the first event, then first at the second to secure qualification for the 2024 Summer Olympics , being age 14 at the games.
She earned the most points in the women's street park event. [8] Following her achievement, she was named as the flag bearer of the Philippine delegation for the closing ceremony of the games. [17] As a gold medalist in the Games she will be entitled to ₱6 million of bonuses, which she plans to use to help her family start a business. [16]
At the age of 13 years and 330 days, she became the youngest Olympic gold medalist for Japan, and the third youngest gold medalist in Olympic history. [ 9 ] Nishiya competed at the X Games California 2023 in the women's street event where she scored 86.66 and won a bronze medal.
Brazil's 15-year-old skateboarding sensation Rayssa Leal, one of the favorites to win a gold medal in the street event at the Paris Olympics next year, won her first Pan American Games crown on ...
Bronze medal - World Skateboarding Championship (São Paulo, 2019) Gold medal - X Games Norway (2019) Gold medal - X Games Minneapolis (2019) [9] Women's world champion of street skateboarding (Street League Skateboarding Tournament, Rio, 2018) [10] Silver medal - X Games Minneapolis 2018 [6] Bronze medal - X Games Sydney - (2018)
Women’s skateboarding gained global prominence in Tokyo during the 2020 Olympics for the remarkably young age of its medalists — even younger than the two men’s gold medallists, who were 22 ...
At the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Yosozumi competed in the first-ever Olympic women's park skateboarding event, in which she claimed the gold medal with a best score of 60.09. [11] She narrowly bested compatriot Kokona Hiraki , who took silver with a 59.04 score, and Team GB competitor Sky Brown , who took bronze with a 56.47 score.