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Native name | 岡本碧優 | ||||||||||||||
Nationality | Japanese | ||||||||||||||
Born | Takahama, Aichi, Japan | 22 June 2006||||||||||||||
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Country | Japan | ||||||||||||||
Sport | Skateboarding | ||||||||||||||
Position | Regular-footed | ||||||||||||||
Rank | 1st (June 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
Event | Park | ||||||||||||||
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Olympic finals | 2020 Summer Olympics: Women's park – 4th | ||||||||||||||
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Misugu Okamoto (岡本 碧優, Okamoto Misugu, born 22 June 2006) is a Japanese skateboarder. She won the gold at the women's park event at the World Skateboarding Championship in 2019 and, in 2021, she qualified to represent Japan at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Biography
Okamoto was born in Takahama, Aichi.[2][3] Aged 13, she won the World Skate World Park Championship in 2019,[4][5] and also won another three Olympic qualifying events.[3] In November 2019, she became the first skater to land a kickflip Indy in women's competition.[3]
In 2021, it was announced that Okamoto had qualified for the Women's Park skateboarding competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[6]
References
- ^ "Olympic World Skateboarding Rankings – Park, Female". World Skate. June 30, 2021. Retrieved July 26, 2021.
- ^ "Okamoto has the X-factor. Japan's teen skateboard queen is wary of Olympic jinx". The Star. July 31, 2019.
- ^ a b c "13-year-old Misugu Okamoto blazing trail to skateboarding's 1st Olympic gold". english.kyodonews.net. February 18, 2020. Archived from the original on March 21, 2020. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
- ^ Hope, Nick (April 9, 2021). "Olympic skateboarding: 'Fearless' teen Bombette Martin seeks 'dream' Tokyo place". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on June 5, 2021. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
- ^ "Park Skateboardind WC 2019: gold goes to Misugu Okamoto; tomorrow men finals". World Skate. September 14, 2019. Archived from the original on August 10, 2020. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
- ^ "The list of future Olympic skateboarders is official!!!". World Skate. June 9, 2021. Archived from the original on June 10, 2021. Retrieved June 10, 2021.