Poppy Starr Olsen (born 1 June 2000) is an Australian

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Skateboarding career

Olsen became world champion in the over-14 age group in 2014 and in the over-15 age group in 2015. In 2016, she won the professional division of the Vans Combi Classic and became the first female Australian to compete in the

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. Olsen qualified for and competed in the

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, taking out a bronze medal in women's park. In July 2021, Olsen was named as part of Australia's inaugural Olympic skateboarding team to compete at the

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. She competed in the Skateboarding at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's park. She came sixth in the Preliminary Heats and therefore competed in the final. She finished fifth. Full details are in

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The blurred lines of art and skateboarding , Poppy Starr Olsen (2014)
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Poppy Starr Olsen wins Women's Skateboard Park bronze at X Games Minneapolis 2017
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