World Skateboarding Championship

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The World Skateboarding Championship is an annual competition of men's and women's park skateboarding and street skateboarding, organized by World Skate (WS). Until 2017, the two disciplines were contested in separate tournaments, known as the Vans Park Series World Championship, for park skateboarding, and SLS Super Crown World Championship for street skateboarding.

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Due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, World Skate banned Russian and Belarusian athletes and officials from its competitions, and will not stage any events in Russia or Belarus in 2022. [1] In 2022, World Skate organised the first vert world championship which was included as part of the 2022 World Skate Games. [2]

Park skateboarding

Editions

YearDatesCity and host country
201619–20 August Flag of Sweden.svg Malmö, Sweden [3]
201723 September Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Shanghai, China [4]
201831 Oct.–3 Nov. Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Nanjing, China [5]
201912–15 September Flag of Brazil.svg São Paulo, Brazil [6]
2022
(2023)
5–12 February Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Sharjah, UAE
20231-8 October Flag of Italy.svg Rome, Italy

Medalists

Men

YearGoldSilverBronze
2016 [7] Flag of the United States.svg  Alex Sorgente  (USA)Flag of Brazil.svg  Pedro Barros  (BRA)Flag of Italy.svg  Ivan Federico  (ITA)
2017 [8] Flag of Sweden.svg  Oskar Rozenberg Hallberg  (SWE)Flag of Brazil.svg  Pedro Barros  (BRA)Flag of the United States.svg  Cory Juneau  (USA)
2018Flag of Brazil.svg  Pedro Barros  (BRA)Flag of the United States.svg  Heimana Reynolds  (USA)Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Keegan Palmer  (AUS)
2019Flag of the United States.svg  Heimana Reynolds  (USA)Flag of Brazil.svg  Luiz Francisco  (BRA)Flag of Brazil.svg  Pedro Quintas  (BRA)
2022
(2023)
Flag of the United States.svg  Jagger Eaton  (USA)Flag of Brazil.svg  Augusto Akio  (BRA)Flag of Brazil.svg  Pedro Barros  (BRA)
2023Flag of the United States.svg  Gavin Bottger  (USA)Flag of Brazil.svg  Luigi Cini  (BRA)Flag of the United States.svg  Tate Carew  (USA)

Women

YearGoldSilverBronze
2016 [7] Flag of the United States.svg  Brighton Zeuner  (USA)Flag of the United States.svg  Jordyn Barratt  (USA)Flag of Japan.svg  Kisa Nakamura  (JPN)
2017 [8] Flag of the United States.svg  Nora Vasconcellos  (USA)Flag of the United States.svg  Brighton Zeuner  (USA)Flag of Japan.svg  Kisa Nakamura  (JPN)
2018Flag of Japan.svg  Sakura Yosozumi  (JPN)Flag of Japan.svg  Kisa Nakamura  (JPN)Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Poppy Starr Olsen  (AUS)
2019Flag of Japan.svg  Misugu Okamoto  (JPN)Flag of Japan.svg  Sakura Yosozumi  (JPN)Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Sky Brown  (GBR)
2022
(2023) [9]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Sky Brown  (GBR)Flag of Japan.svg  Kokona Hiraki  (JPN)Flag of Japan.svg  Sakura Yosozumi  (JPN)
2023Flag of Japan.svg  Kokona Hiraki  (JPN)Flag of Japan.svg  Hinano Kusaki  (JPN)Flag of the United States.svg  Minna Stess  (USA)

Street skateboarding

Editions

YearDatesCity and host country
2010
201128 August Flag of the United States.svg Newark, New Jersey, United States [10]
201226 August Flag of the United States.svg Newark, New Jersey, United States [11]
201325 August Flag of the United States.svg Newark, New Jersey, United States [12]
201424 August Flag of the United States.svg Newark, New Jersey, United States [13]
20154 October Flag of the United States.svg Chicago, United States [14]
20162 October Flag of the United States.svg Los Angeles, United States [15]
201715 September Flag of the United States.svg Los Angeles, United States [16]
2018
(2019)
11–13 January 2019 Flag of Brazil.svg Rio de Janeiro, Brazil [17]
201919–22 September 2019 Flag of Brazil.svg São Paulo, Brazil [18]
2021 2–6 June, 2021 Flag of Italy.svg Rome, Italy
2022Cancelled [19] Flag of Brazil.svg Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2022
(2023)
29 January–5 February 2023 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Sharjah, UAE
202313–17 December 2023 Flag of Japan.svg Tokyo, Japan

Medalists

Men

YearGoldSilverBronze
2010Flag of the United States.svg  Nyjah Huston  (USA)Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Shane O'Neill  (AUS)Flag of the United States.svg  Sean Malto  (USA)
2011Flag of the United States.svg  Sean Malto  (USA)Flag of the United States.svg  Nyjah Huston  (USA)Flag of the United States.svg  Chris Cole  (USA)
2012Flag of the United States.svg  Nyjah Huston  (USA)Flag of the United States.svg  Chris Cole  (USA)Flag of the United States.svg  Chaz Ortiz  (USA)
2013Flag of the United States.svg  Chris Cole  (USA)Flag of the United States.svg  Nyjah Huston  (USA)Flag of Brazil.svg  Luan Oliveira  (BRA)
2014Flag of the United States.svg  Nyjah Huston  (USA)Flag of the United States.svg  Torey Pudwill  (USA)Flag of the United States.svg  Ishod Wair  (USA)
2015Flag of Brazil.svg  Kelvin Hoefler  (BRA)Flag of the United States.svg  Nyjah Huston  (USA)Flag of Brazil.svg  Luan Oliveira  (BRA)
2016Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Shane O'Neill  (AUS)Flag of the United States.svg  Nyjah Huston  (USA)Flag of the United States.svg  Cody McEntire  (USA)
2017Flag of the United States.svg  Nyjah Huston  (USA)Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Shane O'Neill  (AUS)Flag of Brazil.svg  Kelvin Hoefler  (BRA)
2018
(2019)
Flag of the United States.svg  Nyjah Huston  (USA)Flag of Brazil.svg  Kelvin Hoefler  (BRA)Flag of Brazil.svg  Felipe Gustavo  (BRA)
2019Flag of the United States.svg  Nyjah Huston  (USA)Flag of Japan.svg  Yuto Horigome  (JPN)Flag of Portugal.svg  Gustavo Ribeiro  (POR)
2021 Flag of Japan.svg  Yuto Horigome  (JPN)Flag of the United States.svg  Nyjah Huston  (USA)Flag of Japan.svg  Sora Shirai  (JPN)
2022
(2023)
Flag of France.svg  Aurélien Giraud  (FRA)Flag of Portugal.svg  Gustavo Ribeiro  (POR)Flag of Japan.svg  Ginwoo Onodera  (JPN)
2023Flag of Japan.svg  Sora Shirai  (JPN)Flag of Japan.svg  Kairi Netsuke  (JPN)Flag of Japan.svg  Yuto Horigome  (JPN)

Women

YearGoldSilverBronze
2015Flag of Brazil.svg  Letícia Bufoni  (BRA)Flag of the United States.svg  Vanessa Torres  (USA)Flag of the United States.svg  Alana Smith  (USA)
2016Flag of the United States.svg  Lacey Baker  (USA)Flag of Brazil.svg  Letícia Bufoni  (BRA)Flag of the United States.svg  Alexis Sablone  (USA)
2017Flag of the United States.svg  Lacey Baker  (USA)Flag of Brazil.svg  Letícia Bufoni  (BRA)Flag of the United States.svg  Mariah Duran  (USA)
2018
(2019)
Flag of Japan.svg  Aori Nishimura  (JPN)Flag of Brazil.svg  Letícia Bufoni  (BRA)Flag of the United States.svg  Lacey Baker  (USA)
2019Flag of Brazil.svg  Pamela Rosa  (BRA)Flag of Brazil.svg  Rayssa Leal  (BRA)Flag of Japan.svg  Aori Nishimura  (JPN)
2021 Flag of Japan.svg  Aori Nishimura  (JPN)Flag of Japan.svg  Momiji Nishiya  (JPN)Flag of Brazil.svg  Rayssa Leal  (BRA)
2022
(2023)
Flag of Brazil.svg  Rayssa Leal  (BRA)Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Chloe Covell  (AUS)Flag of Japan.svg  Momiji Nishiya  (JPN)
2023Flag of Japan.svg  Yumeka Oda  (JPN)Flag of Brazil.svg  Rayssa Leal  (BRA)Flag of Japan.svg  Momiji Nishiya  (JPN)

Vert skateboarding

Editions

YearDatesCity and host country
2022November Flag of Argentina.svg Buenos Aires, Argentina

Medalists

Men

YearGoldSilverBronze
2022Flag of France.svg  Edi Damestoy  (FRA)Flag of Brazil.svg  Gui Khury  (BRA)Flag of Brazil.svg  Augusto Akio  (BRA)

Women

YearGoldSilverBronze
2022Flag of Japan.svg  Yurin Fujii  (JPN)Flag of Japan.svg  Asahi Kaihara  (JPN)Flag of Germany.svg  Lilly Stoephasius  (GER)

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of the United States.svg  United States 16121139
2Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 712827
3Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 67922
4Flag of France.svg  France 2002
5Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1326
6Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 1124
7Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1012
8Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1001
9Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 0011
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 0011
Totals (10 entries)353535105

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