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Skateboarding At The 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's Park
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. Sakura Yosozumi and Kokona Hiraki of Japan won the gold and silver medals, with Sky Brown of Great Britain winning the bronze medal. Qualification Competition format In the prelims, the twenty participating skateboarders were sorted into four heats of five skaters each. Each skater did three 45-second runs in their designated heat. The best run score of each skater's three runs built a ranking. The eight top-ranked skaters from the combined ranking of the heats qualified for the final. Results Semifinals The top 8 skateboarders of 20 advanced to the finals. Final See also *Skateboarding at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's park *Skateboarding at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's street ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ariake Urban Sports Park
is an outdoor sports facility located in the Ariake district of Kōtō, Tokyo and built for the 2020 Summer Olympics. The venue covers a total area of 97,000 m². The BMX, freestyle BMX and skateboard facility has a maximum capacity of 6,600, 5,000, and 7,000 spectators respectively. See also *Skateboarding at the 2020 Summer Olympics *Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics References External links Skateboarding spots Sports venues in Tokyo Venues of the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic skateboarding venues Sports venues completed in 2021 2021 establishments in Japan Buildings and structures in Koto, Tokyo {{Tokyo-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isadora Pacheco
Isadora Rodrigues Pacheco (born 29 March 2005) is a Brazilian professional skateboarder. She has competed in women's park events at several World Skateboarding Championships, finishing eighth in 2018 and seventh in 2019. Pacheco qualified to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ... in Tokyo through her position at eleventh in the Olympic World Skateboarding Rankings for women's park. In the inaugural Olympic women's park event, she placed tenth overall. References External links * Isadora Pachecoat The Boardr Living people 2005 births Brazilian skateboarders Brazilian sportswomen Female skateboarders Olympic skateboarders for Brazil Skateboarders at the 2020 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Florianópolis 21st-cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cycling At The 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's BMX Freestyle
The women's BMX freestyle event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 31 July and 1 August 2021 at the Ariake Urban Sports Park. 9 cyclists from 8 nations competed. Background This was the debut appearance of the event, with freestyle BMX added to the programme for the first time (BMX racing was added in 2008). The reigning (2021) World Champion is teenager Hannah Roberts of the United States, who was also the 2017 and 2019 winner and 2018 bronze medalist. A preview by Olympics.com noted Roberts as favourite, with Macarena Perez of Chile and Charlotte Worthington of Great Britain (the 2021 World Championships bronze medalist) as other contenders. Qualification A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter up to 2 qualified cyclists in the BMX freestyle. Quota places are allocated to the NOC, which selects the cyclists. There were 9 quota places available, allocated as follows: * UCI nation ranking (6 places): Top NOC earns 2 places. NOCs ranked 2nd to 5th each ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skateboarding At The 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's Street
The 2020 Summer Olympics women's street skateboarding competition occurred on 26 July 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. Momiji Nishiya of Japan won the gold medal, with Rayssa Leal of Brazil and Funa Nakayama of the Japan winning the silver and bronze medals. Qualification * 3 from the World Championships * 16 from the World Olympic Rankings * 1 host nation place Competition format All 20 skateboarders did two 45-second runs, and then five single tricks rounds. Only the top 4 scores from the seven rounds for each skateboarder counted toward the final score. The top 8 skateboarders from the Semi-Final qualified for the finals, where the scores were reset and follow the same two 45 second round and five single trick round format. Results Semifinals The top 8 skateboarders of 20 advanced to the finals. Final Sou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skateboarding At The 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's Park
The 2020 Summer Olympics men's park skateboarding competitions took place on August 5, 2021 at the Ariake Urban Sports Park in Tokyo, Japan. Competition format The twenty participating skateboarders were sorted into four heats of five skaters each for the semifinals (prelims). During the semifinals, each skater did three 45-second runs in their designated heat. The best run score of each skater's three runs built a ranking. The eight top-ranked skaters from the combined ranking of the heats qualified for the final. Results Semifinals The top 8 skateboarders of 20 advanced to the final. Final The results of the final were: See also * Skateboarding at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's street *Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's BMX freestyle The men's BMX freestyle event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 31 July and 1 August 2021 at the Ariake Urban Sports Park. 9 cyclists from 8 nations competed. Background This was the debut appearance of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melissa Williams (skateboarder)
Melissa Williams (born 12 June 1985) is a South African skateboarder. She competed in the Skateboarding at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's park, women's park event at the 2020 Summer Olympics, 2021 Tokyo Olympics and was the oldest woman participating in Skateboarding at the 2020 Summer Olympics, skateboarding at the Games. Biography Williams was born and greww up in Panorama, Parow, Panorama, a suburb of Cape Town, and it was there where she started skateboarding at age 12. In her mid-twenties, she lived in London for three years and, as she described, "spent a lot of time skating all the incredible bowls, Snake Run, snake runs, and [skate]parks that England has to offer." A person of many interests and pursuits, Williams has worked as an interviewer and organizer for Blunt Magazine, played drums for the bands Black Lung and Bilderberg Motel, Boxing, boxed competitively, been the marketing manager for the South African branch of RVCA, managed operations of several restau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josefina Tapia
Josefina Tapia Varas (born 25 April 2002) is a Chilean skateboarder and three-time Chilean National Skateboarding Champion in women's park. She competed in the women's park event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Personal life Tapia Varas is the youngest child of Isaac "Icha" Tapia Figueroa (1953–2015) and Alejandra Varas, two pioneers of surfing in Chile. She has two older brothers. Sponsors As of July 2021, Tapia Varas is sponsored by the following companies and organizations: * Allskateboards * Banco de Chile *Deportes Zapallar *Grizzly Griptape * KiFit * Mall Sport * Naos Kingdom * Rebull Lola * Retro *Stance * Team Chile * Vans References External links * Josefina Tapiaat The Boardr Josefina Tapia Varasat Dew Tour The Dew Tour is an extreme sports circuit organized by the Adventure Sports Group, a subsidiary of American Media, LLC. History The tour was announced in late 2004, and made its debut in Louisville, KY in June 2005. The tour then made sto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bombette Martin
Bombette Martin (born 1 June 2006) is a British-American skateboarder. She won the women's park event at the 2021 GB Skateboard Championships. Martin and Sky Brown were selected to represent Great Britain in skateboarding at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She became the first skateboarder to ever compete in a park event in the Olympic Games. Martin was born and lives in New York City, though she spent much of her childhood in her father’s home city of Birmingham Birmingham ( ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom with a population of 1.145 million in the city proper, 2.92 million in the West ..., England, and holds dual citizenship in the United Kingdom and the United States. About joining Team GB rather than Team USA for the 2020 Olympics, Martin said, "I like to make the joke that I'm half a New Yorker, and 3/4ths a Brummie! I spent so much of my childhood in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amelia Brodka
Amelia Brodka (; born 18 August 1989) is a Polish-American professional skateboarder, coach, and president of Exposure Skate Organization. A two-time European Park Skateboarding Champion, she qualified to compete in the inaugural women's park event at the Olympic Games. Career Brodka was born and raised in Nowa Sarzyna, Poland and emigrated with her family to New Jersey in 1996. She began skateboarding when she was 12 years old and was further inspired to seriously pursue the sport after seeing women compete in skateboarding events at the 2002 X Games in Philadelphia. When she began competing in professional skateboarding events in 2009, she noticed a clear lack of opportunities and visibility for women and girls in the sport. Her senior thesis at the University of Southern California, ''Underexposed: A Women's Skateboarding Documentary'', aimed to shine a light on the gender disparities within the sport. The documentary went on to receive honorable mentions at several America ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julia Benedetti
Julia Benedetti González (born 25 September 2004 in A Coruña) is a Spanish skateboarder. She has competed in women's park events at several World Skate Championships, finishing 26th in 2018 and 14th in 2019. She competed in the women's park event at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 1 ... finishing 16th. References External links * * 2004 births Living people Spanish skateboarders Olympic skateboarders for Spain Skateboarders at the 2020 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from A Coruña {{Skateboarding-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhang Xin (skateboarder)
Zhang Xin (; Western name: Asta Xin Zhang; born 1 December 1998) is a Chinese skateboarder. She has competed in women's park events at several World Skateboarding Championships, finishing 19th in 2018 and 25th in 2019. Zhang placed fifteenth in the preliminary round of the women's park event at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 1 .... References External links * Asta Xin Zhangat The Boardr Living people 1998 births Chinese skateboarders Female skateboarders Olympic skateboarders for China Skateboarders at the 2020 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Xiangtan Chinese sportswomen Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Skateboarders at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games bronze medalists for China Asian Games medalists in skateboarding< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lizzie Armanto
Elizabeth Marika Armanto (born January 26, 1993) is an American-Finnish professional skateboarder. Early life and career Armanto was born to a Finnish father and an American mother. She holds dual citizenship in the United States and Finland. She is of Filipino descent through her maternal grandfather. Armanto grew up in Santa Monica, California. She started skating in 2007 with her younger brother and developed a love for skating bowls and vert. Armanto has won over 30 skateboarding awards. In 2010, 2011 and 2012, she placed first overall in the World Cup of Skateboarding points race. In 2013, Armanto won gold at the first ever Women's Skateboard Park event at X Games in Barcelona, Spain. She won the 2014 Van Doren Invitational in Huntington Beach, California. In 2016, Armanto appeared on the cover of the November issue of Transworld Skateboarding, becoming the first woman to do so in the magazine's thirty-year history. In 2017, Armanto appeared on the cover of the May I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |