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| Born | 28 February 2007 [1] | ||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Japan | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Skateboarding | ||||||||||||||
| Position | Regular-footed | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Street | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Toa Sasaki (born 28 February 2007) is a Japanese skateboarder. He is a World Skateboarding Championship gold medalist.
Following the 2024 Olympic Qualifier Series, Sasaki 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 he didn't qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics. [2] [3] [4]
In September 2024, he competed at the World Skateboarding Championship. During the quarterfinals, he finished in 13th place with a score of 56.06. [5] During the semifinals he finished in seventh place with a score of 234.00 and advanced to the finals. [6] During the finals he won a gold medal with a score of 276.64, finishing over 11 points ahead of silver medalist Matías Dell Olio. [7] [8]
Nyjah Imani Huston is an American professional skateboarder. With numerous sponsorships and competition prize winnings, Huston is one of the highest paid skateboarders in the world. Huston won gold medals at the SLS Super Crown World Championship in 2014, 2017 to 2019, and has won 15 gold medals at the X Games since 2011. Huston won his first Olympic medal, a bronze, in the 2024 Olympic men's street event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.
Zeng Wenhui is a Chinese street skateboarder and two-time Chinese Champion. At the 2020 Summer Olympics, she finished sixth in the women's street skateboarding event, the first event of its kind to be included in an Olympic program.
Ayumu Hirano is a Japanese Olympic champion and three-time Olympic medalist snowboarder and Olympic skateboarder. He won the silver medal in the superpipe in 2013 Winter X Games XVII at the age of 14, becoming the youngest medalist in X Games history, and won silver medals in the half-pipe at both the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi and the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang and the gold medal at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. He also competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo as a skateboarder, becoming one of the two athletes, the other being Jaqueline Mourão, who participated in all of the three consecutive Olympic Games in East Asia between 2018 and 2022.
Sakura Yosozumi is a Japanese professional skateboarder. She won gold medals in the inaugural women's park events at the Asian Games, in 2018, and at the Olympic Games, in 2021.
Jhulia Rayssa Mendes Leal is a Brazilian professional skateboarder who won a silver medal in women's street skateboarding at the 2020 Summer Olympics and a bronze medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Yuto Horigome is a Japanese professional skateboarder and two-time Olympic champion. He won the gold medal in the inaugural Olympic men's street event at the 2020 Summer Olympics, becoming the first person ever to win gold in men's street skateboarding at the Summer Olympics. He defended his gold medal in the same event at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Momiji Nishiya is a Japanese skateboarder. At the 2020 Summer Olympics, she won the first ever gold medal in the women's street competition. Winning at the age of 13, she is the youngest person ever to win a gold medal for Japan, and the third youngest after Marjorie Gestring and Klaus Zerta to ever win an event at the Summer Olympics.
Cocona Hiraki is a Japanese skateboarder. She won a silver medal in the women's park event at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, becoming the youngest Japanese athlete on record to participate in the Summer Olympic Games. She won a silver medal again in the women's park event at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
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Richard Tury is a Slovak professional skateboarder. Tury represented Slovakia at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in the Men's street category, placing 5th in the final. He was the first ever skateboarder to represent Slovakia at the Olympic Games.
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Gavin Bottger is an American skateboarder and member of the USA Skateboarding National Team. He won gold at the 2023 World Skateboarding Championship. He represented the United States at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Naia Laso is a Spanish skateboarder. She represented Spain at the 2024 Summer Olympics. Laso is a three-time Spanish skateboarding national champion.
Raicca Ventura de Oliveira is a Brazilian skateboarder. She represented Brazil at the 2024 Summer Olympics. She won gold at the 2024 World Skateboarding Championship.
Viktor Solmunde is a Danish skateboarder. He represented Denmark at the 2024 Summer Olympics. He is a World Skateboarding Championship bronze medalist.
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Matías Dell Olio is an Argentine skateboarder. He represented Argentina at the 2024 Summer Olympics. He is a World Skateboarding Championship silver medalist.
Kairi Netsuke is a Japanese skateboarder. He is a World Skateboarding Championship silver medalist.
Mizuho Hasegawa is a Japanese skateboarder. She is a 2024 World Skateboarding Championship silver medalist.
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