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Born | [1] | 15 May 2007|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Skateboarding | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position | Regular-footed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Street | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Miyu Ito (born 15 May 2007) is a Japanese skateboarder. She is a World Skateboarding Championship and Asian Games bronze medalist.
In September 2023, Ito competed at the 2022 Asian Games and won a bronze medal in the street event with a score of 221.59. [2]
Following the 2024 Olympic Qualifier Series, Ito was ranked in the top-ten of the world street skateboarding rankings, however, Japan already met its quota of three skaters, and as a result she didn't qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics. [3] [4]
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] During the finals she won a bronze medal with a score of 249.53. [7] [8] Weeks later, she then competed at the X Games in Chiba, Japan and won a silver medal in the street event. [9]