Vanessa Torres

Vanessa Torres

Personal information
Born	(1986-07-17) July 17, 1986 (age 38) Anaheim, California, U.S.
Height	5 ft 2 in (1.57 m)
Weight	120 lb (54 kg)
Sport
Sport	Skateboarding
Medal record Women's street skateboarding Representing the   United States World Championships 2015 Chicago Street Summer X Games 2003 Los Angeles Park 2004 Los Angeles Street 2015 Austin Street 2016 Oslo Street SLS Super Crown 2015 Chicago Street

Vanessa Torres (born July 17, 1986) is a professional skateboarder. She is sponsored by Meow Skateboards ^[1] and is the first woman to win X Games gold. ^[2]

In 2003, the X Games first featured female skateboarding competitions; Torres placed first, winning gold, in the street event (then called Park). ^[3] Torres won silver in the X Games Street Competition in 2004 and placed in the top ten in 2005–2011 and 2014.^{[ citation needed ] [4]} In 2015 at the X Games in Austin and 2016 at the X Games in Oslo, Torres won bronze. She again placed in the top ten in 2016 and 2017. ^[5]

She is featured in several women's skateboarding videos such as AKA: Girl Skater (2003), Getting Nowhere Faster (2004), and Quit Your Day Job (2014). She also appears in the video game Tony Hawk's Proving Ground, making her the third female as a playable skater to appear in the Tony Hawk's video game series after Elissa Steamer and Lyn-Z Adams Hawkins.

Torres is of Mexican descent from Modesto, California. ^{[6] [2]} She dropped out of high school to pursue skateboarding. ^[2] She splits her personal time living in San Diego and San Francisco, California. ^[7]

Favorite Skateparks ^[2]

Name of Skatepark	City	State
Belvedere	East Los Angeles	California
Sheldon	Sun Valley	California
Santa Clarita	Santa Clarita	California
Sunnyvale	Sunnyvale	California
Ceres	Ceres	California
SoMa	San Francisco	California
Potrero del Sol/La Raza	San Francisco	California

References

1. Skateboards, Meow. "Vanessa Torres". Meow Skateboards. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
2. Burns, James (June 13, 2015). "Former Modesto skater Torres sobers up, returns to X Games podium". The Modesto Bee. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
3. Roenigk, Alyssa (August 15, 2003). "Torres Take Gold". Archived from the original on June 26, 2004.
4. "The complete list of X Games skateboarding medallists".
5. "Vanessa Torres's official X Games athlete biography". X Games. Archived from the original on March 7, 2019. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
6. "Vanessa Torres". Archived from the original on February 4, 2013. Retrieved November 30, 2012.
7. "ProQuest Archiver: Titles".^{[ dead link ]}

External links

• Vanessa Torres at IMDb
• Vanessa Torres at the X Games (archived)
• Vanessa Torres at The Boardr