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Skateboarding was an event held in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. [1] [2] [3] It was the debut appearance of skateboarding at the Summer Olympics. [4]Skateboarding was one of four new sports added to the Olympic program for 2020; [5] it is also provisionally approved for the 2024 Summer Olympic games. [6]
In September 2015, skateboarding was included in a shortlist along with baseball, softball, karate, surfing, and sport climbing to be considered for inclusion in the 2020 Summer Olympics; [1] and in June 2016, the Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced that they would support the proposal to include all of the shortlisted sports in the 2020 Games. [2]
Coco Yoshizawa (Japanese: 吉沢 恋, Yoshizawa Koko; born 22 September 2009) is a Japanese skateboarder. She competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics and won the gold medal in the women's street event .
For the second consecutive Olympics, Team Japan dominated the street event – and it could do the same in the park category starting August 6. ... Japan aside, women’s skateboarding across both ...
In the women's park event in Tokyo, Japan's Kokona Hiraki, then 12, won silver and Britain's Sky Brown, only 13, took the bronze. ... ever male competitor in the sport at the Olympic Games ...
The 2020 Summer Olympics men's park skateboarding competitions took place on August 5, 2021 at the Ariake Urban Sports Park in Tokyo, Japan. [2] ... Japan: 58.84: 62.03:
When are the skateboarding events at the 2024 Olympics? The women's street skateboarding preliminary rounds and finals were on July 28, with Japan's Coco Yoshizawa and Liz Akama taking home the ...
This list includes skateboarders who have competed or will compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. There are two skateboarding disciplines, park and street, each contested as a men's event and a women's event. [1] [2]