Lola Tambling

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Lola Tambling
Personal information
CitizenshipBritish
Born (2008-02-22) 22 February 2008 (age 17)
Cornwall, United Kingdom
Home town Saltash, United Kingdom
Sport
CountryGreat Britain
Sport Skateboarding
Rank3rd
Event Park

Lola Tambling (born 22 February 2008) is a British skateboarder. She is the reigning 2024 British national champion in the women's park discipline, and was previously the 2022 champion. [1] She competed in the women's park event at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.

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Early life

Tambling is from Saltash in Cornwall, United Kingdom. [2] Her parents are Martyn Tambling, a builder, and Stephanie Tambling. [2] [3] She became interested in skateboarding at the age of seven when her parents opened a skatepark. [3] Seeing her father, a professional BMX rider, do tricks on his bike inspired her to do the same on her skateboard. [4]

Career

Tambling learned new skateboarding tricks from social media. [5] In 2022 she became the British national skateboarding champion.

In 2023, she placed 6th at the Skateboarding World Championships in Sharjah. [6] Her teammate, Tokyo 2020 Olympic medallist Sky Brown, won the event. Their placements in this event qualified them both for the 2024 Olympic Games. [5]

Tambling and Brown were joined on the British Olympic skateboarding team by multiple X Games medallist Andy Macdonald. Both Tambling and Brown were 16 at the Games, while Macdonald was 51. [7] Tambling and Brown were among the youngest members of Team GB at the 2024 Olympics. [8] [9] Tambling placed 15th overall in the preliminary round with a high score of 73.85 and, due to only the top eight qualifying, did not advance to the finals. [10]

On 13 October 2024, Tambling won the British national championship for a second time.

References

  1. ↑ Landi, Jeff. "Skateboard GB X Habito Park National Championships 2022". www.skateboarding.worldskate.org. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  2. 1 2 Ainsworth, Clare (12 February 2023). "Teenage skateboard star finishes sixth in World Championship". Plymouth Live. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  3. 1 2 "Martyn TAMBLING personal appointments - Find and update company information - GOV.UK". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  4. ↑ "TwelfthMan". www.twelfthman.co. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  5. 1 2 "Lola Tambling | Team GB". www.teamgb.com. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  6. ↑ "Skateboarding World Championship - Sharjah Events". sharjahevents.ae. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  7. ↑ "Who is Andy MacDonald? The skateboarder 'representing the old guys' at Olympics". The Independent. 25 July 2024. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  8. ↑ "Paris: Grassroots to Glory - Lola: Teenage Olympic 'hero in a halfpipe' - BBC Sounds". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  9. ↑ "Who is representing Team GB at the Paris 2024 Olympics | Team GB". www.teamgb.com. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  10. ↑ "Women's Park Prelims Results". olympics.com. 6 August 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
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