Funa Nakayama (中山 楓奈, Nakayama Fūna; born 17 June 2005) is a Japanese skateboarder from Toyama City.[1] Nakayama won a bronze medal in the women's street competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.[2] In January 2023, she became the first Asian woman to be featured on the cover of Thrasher.[3]
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| Born | June 17, 2005 Toyama City, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Skateboarding | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Skateboarding career edit
Nakayama competed in the 2018 Japan Skateboarding Championships at Murasaki Park Tokyo on May 13, 2018, in Tokyo, Japan.[4] Nakayama competed in the finals at the Street League Skateboarding Tour - London in 2019.[5][6] She finished in 6th place.[7] She entered the finals as the number one qualifier.[8] She had similar results three weeks later in Long Beach, California.[9] She entered that contest off of a second place in the street qualifier.[10] As of June 2019, she is ranked #8 in the world.[11]
References edit
- ^ Meronek, Rob. "Funa Nakayama Profile Bio: Ranking, Photos, Video Global Rank: 606th Overall". TheBoardr.
- ^ "Results" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Omega SA. 26 July 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 July 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- ^ "Japan's Funa Nakayama becomes first Asian woman on cover of Thrasher magazine". Yahoo News. 2023-06-14. Retrieved 2023-06-20.
- ^ "Funa Nakayama Pictures, Photos & Images - Lonny". www.lonny.com.
- ^ "2019 SLS World Tour: London, UK | WOMEN'S FINAL | Full Broadcast". SLS - Street League Skateboarding (YouTube). 26 May 2019.
- ^ "Photo". www.gettyimages.com. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
- ^ Matt Rodriguez. "SLS London Final Results | SLS - Street League Skateboarding". Streetleague.com. Retrieved 2019-09-11.
- ^ Pavitt, Michael (2019-05-22). "Skaters tackle qualifier to earn places at World Skate SLS Tour event in London as Tokyo 2020 qualifying begins". Insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 2019-09-11.
- ^ "Dew Tour Women's Street Results 2019". Girls Skate Network. 2019-06-16. Retrieved 2019-09-11.
- ^ Skyler Wilder (2019-06-12). "Japan, Australia, China Advance All Skaters in Women's Street Open Qualifier at Dew Tour Long Beach 2019". Dewtour.com. Retrieved 2019-09-11.
- ^ "Article" (PDF). www.dewtour.com. February 18, 2006. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
- ^ "Funa Nakayama". Dew Tour. 2000-01-01. Retrieved 2019-09-11.
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