Funa Nakayama

Funa Nakayama
Funa Nakayama at X Games Chiba 2022
Personal information
Born (2005-06-17) June 17, 2005 (age 19)
Toyama City, Japan
Sport
Country Japan
SportSkateboarding
Rank4th[1]
Medal record
Women's street skateboarding
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Street
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2022 Rio de Janeiro Street
X Games
Silver medal – second place 2022 Chiba Street

Funa Nakayama (中山 楓奈, Nakayama Fūna; born 17 June 2005) is a Japanese skateboarder from Toyama City.[2] Nakayama won a bronze medal in the women's street competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.[3] In January 2023, she became the first Asian woman to be featured on the cover of Thrasher.[4]

Skateboarding career

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Nakayama competed in the 2018 Japan Skateboarding Championships at Murasaki Park Tokyo on May 13, 2018, in Tokyo, Japan.[5] Nakayama competed in the finals at the Street League Skateboarding Tour - London in 2019.[6][7] She finished in 6th place.[8] She entered the finals as the number one qualifier.[9] She had similar results three weeks later in Long Beach, California.[10] She entered that contest off of a second place in the street qualifier.[11] As of June 2019, she is ranked #8 in the world.[12]

She is participating in the Dew Tour.[13]

References

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  1. ^ "Olympic World Skateboarding Rankings – Street, Women". World Skate. 2024-08-06. Retrieved 2024-08-06.
  2. ^ Meronek, Rob. "Funa Nakayama Profile Bio: Ranking, Photos, Video Global Rank: 606th Overall". TheBoardr.
  3. ^ "Results" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Omega SA. 26 July 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 July 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Japan's Funa Nakayama becomes first Asian woman on cover of Thrasher magazine". Yahoo News. 2023-06-14. Retrieved 2023-06-20.
  5. ^ "Funa Nakayama Pictures, Photos & Images - Lonny". www.lonny.com. Archived from the original on 2019-05-26. Retrieved 2019-05-26.
  6. ^ "2019 SLS World Tour: London, UK | WOMEN'S FINAL | Full Broadcast". SLS - Street League Skateboarding (YouTube). 26 May 2019.
  7. ^ "Photo". www.gettyimages.com. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
  8. ^ Matt Rodriguez. "SLS London Final Results | SLS - Street League Skateboarding". Streetleague.com. Archived from the original on 2019-06-21. Retrieved 2019-09-11.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ "Dew Tour Women's Street Results 2019". Girls Skate Network. 2019-06-16. Retrieved 2019-09-11.
  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.
  12. ^ "Article" (PDF). www.dewtour.com. February 18, 2006. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
  13. ^ "Funa Nakayama". Dew Tour. 2000-01-01. Retrieved 2019-09-11.