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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. [10] [11]
[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]
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Ito made her X Games debut in Ventura, California in June 2024, and became the first rookie in history to win a gold medal in the women's skateboard street event. [5] In September 2024, she competed at the World Skateboarding Championship. During the open qualifier round she had the second-highest score of 70.85 points. [6]
It may have been a bronze medal, but it was celebrated in the stands like it was a gold. Brazil’s Rayssa Leal takes dramatic, wildly celebrated bronze in street skateboarding as 14-year-old Coco ...
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 ...