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Funa Nakayama (中山 楓奈, Nakayama Fūna; born 17 June 2005) is a Japanese skateboarder from Toyama City. [2] Nakayama won a bronze medal in the women's street competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan. [3] In January 2023, she became the first Asian woman to be featured on the cover of Thrasher. [4]
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. [6] [10] [11] In the semifinals at the 2024 Olympics, Yoshizawa recorded the top score, with 258.92 points, securing a spot in the finals. [1]
In the women's park event in Tokyo, Japan's Kokona Hiraki, then 12, won silver and Britain's Sky Brown, only 13, took the bronze. ... Best photos from Paris 2024 Summer Olympics. The skateboarding ...
The 2020 Summer Olympics women's park skateboarding competition occurred on 4 August 2021 at Ariake Urban Sports Park in Tokyo, Japan.. It was originally scheduled to be held in 2020, but on 24 March 2020, the Olympics were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Skewing young. Japan aside, women’s skateboarding across both categories is dominated by teenage athletes. Paris street bronze went to popular 16-year-old Brazilian Rayssa Leal, who in the ...
Coco Yoshizawa and Liz Akama took gold and silver for Japan in women's street skateboarding at the Paris Olympics on Sunday and Rayssa Leal of Brazil got bronze to win her second medal in the sport.
Skateboarding was an event held in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. [1] [2] [3] It was the debut appearance of skateboarding at the Summer Olympics. [4]Skateboarding was one of four new sports added to the Olympic program for 2020; [5] it is also provisionally approved for the 2024 Summer Olympic games. [6]
Liz Akama (赤間 凛音, Akama Rizu, born 8 January 2009) is a Japanese skateboarder who won a silver medal in women's street skateboarding at the 2024 Summer Olympics. [2] [3] She began skateboarding in second grade with encouragement from her father, who was a surfer. [4]