Raicca Ventura de Oliveira (born 8 March 2007) is a Brazilian skateboarder. She represented Brazil at the 2024 Summer Olympics. She won gold at the 2024 World Skateboarding Championship.
.jpg) Ventura at the 2024 Summer Olympics | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Raicca Ventura de Oliveira | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 March 2007[1] São Caetano do Sul, Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Skateboarding | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Park | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editVentura made her international debut for Brazil in October 2023 at the 2023 World Skateboarding Championship and finished in fourth place with a score of 87.59.[2] A few weeks later, she then competed at the 2023 Pan American Games and won a silver medal in the park event with a score of 82.54.[3][4]
As of June 2024, Ventura was ranked eighth in the Olympic World Skateboarding rankings, and qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics.[5] During the park event she finished in 12th place during the semifinals with a score of 76.24, and failed to advance to the finals.[1] In September 2024, she competed at the 2024 World Skateboarding Championship and won a gold medal with a score of 93.73.[6]
References
edit- ^ a b "Raicca Ventura". oympics.com. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
- ^ Shefferd, Neil (8 October 2023). "Bottger and Hiraki claim men's and women's crowns at World Skate Park World Championships". insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
- ^ "Taylor Nye is First Champion in Pan American Skate Park History". santiago2023.org. 22 October 2023. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
- ^ "Paulista teve duas quedas, mas conseguiu uma nota de 82.54 na terceira passagem para ficar no segundo lugar do pódio, enquanto o curitibano começou na lanterna e assegurou sua medalha na segunda vez que foi à pista". oympics.com (in Portuguese). 22 October 2023. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
- ^ "Skate: Brasil define 12 classificados para Olimpíadas de Paris; veja lista" [Skateboarding: Brazil defines 12 qualified for the Olympics in Paris; see list]. cnnbrasil.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). CNN Brazil. 23 June 2024. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
- ^ Merrell, Chloe (22 September 2024). "World Skate Games Italia 2024: Raicca Ventura claims women's park skateboarding title". oympics.com. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
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