Funa Nakayama Explained

Funa Nakayama
Birth Date:17 June 2005
Birth Place:Toyama City, Japan
Sport:Skateboarding
Rank:4th[1]

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

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Olympic World Skateboarding Rankings – Street, Women . . 2024-08-06 . en . 2024-08-06.
  2. Web site: Meronek . Rob . Funa Nakayama Profile Bio: Ranking, Photos, Video Global Rank: 606th Overall . TheBoardr.
  3. Web site: 26 July 2021. Results. 26 July 2021. 2020 Summer Olympics. Omega SA. 26 July 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210726043235/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/SKB/OG2020-_SKB_C73SF_SKBWSTREET------------FNL---------.pdf. dead.
  4. Web site: 2023-06-14 . Japan's Funa Nakayama becomes first Asian woman on cover of Thrasher magazine . 2023-06-20 . Yahoo News . en-US.
  5. Web site: Funa Nakayama Pictures, Photos & Images - Lonny . www.lonny.com . 2019-05-26 . 2019-05-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190526212450/http://www.lonny.com/Funa+Nakayama/pictures/pro . deviated .
  6. Web site: 26 May 2019. 2019 SLS World Tour: London, UK WOMEN'S FINAL Full Broadcast. SLS - Street League Skateboarding (YouTube).
  7. Web site: Photo . www.gettyimages.com. 2019-09-12.
  8. Web site: Matt Rodriguez . SLS London Final Results | SLS - Street League Skateboarding . Streetleague.com . 2019-09-11 . 2019-06-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190621200403/http://streetleague.com/2019/06/17/sls-london-final-results/ . deviated .
  9. Web site: Pavitt . Michael . Skaters tackle qualifier to earn places at World Skate SLS Tour event in London as Tokyo 2020 qualifying begins . Insidethegames.biz . 2019-05-22 . 2019-09-11.
  10. Web site: Dew Tour Women's Street Results 2019 . Girls Skate Network . 2019-06-16 . 2019-09-11.
  11. Web site: Skyler Wilder . Japan, Australia, China Advance All Skaters in Women's Street Open Qualifier at Dew Tour Long Beach 2019 . Dewtour.com . 2019-06-12 . 2019-09-11.
  12. Web site: Article . February 18, 2006 . www.dewtour.com . 2019-09-12.
  13. Web site: 2000-01-01. Funa Nakayama. Dew Tour. 2019-09-11.

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