Josefina Tapia Explained

Birth Name:	Josefina Tapia Varas
Nickname:	La Jose
Birth Date:	25 April 2002
Birth Place:	Zapallar, Valparaíso, Chile
Occupation:	Skateboarder
Country:	Chile
Sport:	Skateboarding
Position:	Regular-footed
Rank:	26th (June 2021)^[1]
Event:	Park
League:	Dew Tour
League Type:	Pro tour(s)
Turnedpro:	2019
Coach:	Alejandra Varas^[2]

Josefina Tapia Varas (born 25 April 2002) is a Chilean skateboarder and three-time Chilean National Skateboarding Champion in women's park.^[3] She competed in the women's park event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.^[4]

Personal life

Tapia Varas is the youngest child of Isaac "Icha" Tapia Figueroa (1953–2015) and Alejandra Varas, two pioneers of surfing in Chile.^{[5] [6]} She has two older brothers.^[7]

Sponsors

As of July 2021, Tapia Varas is sponsored by the following companies and organizations:^[8]

• Allskateboards
• Banco de Chile
• Deportes Zapallar
• Grizzly Griptape
• KiFit
• Mall Sport
• Naos Kingdom
• Rebull Lola
• Retro
• Stance
• Team Chile
• Vans

External links

• • Josefina Tapia at The Boardr
• Josefina Tapia Varas at Dew Tour

Notes and References

1. Web site: Olympic World Skateboarding Rankings – Park, Female . . 2021-07-31 . en . 2021-06-30 . 27 July 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210727044303/http://www.worldskate.org/skateboarding/rankings.html . dead .
2. Web site: García-Huidobro . Sofía . Josefina Tapia: La skater chilena que debutará en los Juegos Olímpicos . . 2021-08-01 . es-CL . 2021-07-25.
3. Web site: 2021-06-02. Rumbo a Tokio con Jose Tapia, promesa del skate chileno. Red Bull Chile. es-CL. 2021-07-27.
4. Web site: Athletes: TAPIA VARAS Josefina (Skateboarding). 2021-07-27. Tokyo 2020 Olympics at Olympics.com.
5. Web site: 2021-07-29. Josefina Tapia: La chilena que debutará en el Skateboarding de los Juegos Olímpicos. 2021-08-01. AlAireLibre.cl. es-CL.
6. Web site: 2021-02-07. Alejandra Varas, mamá de skater Josefina Tapia: ADO, el IND y la Federación están dando todo lo que Josefina necesita para Tokio y Santiago 2023. 2021-08-01. ADN Radio Chile. es-CL.
7. Web site: 2021-07-27. Josefina Tapia Varas (2002). 2021-08-01. Mujeres Bacanas. es-CL.
8. Web site: Meronek. Rob. Profiles and Bios: Josefina Tapia from Zapallar, Valparaíso CHI. 2021-08-01. The Boardr. en.