Momiji Nishiya Explained

Momiji Nishiya
Native Name:西矢椛
Native Name Lang:ja
Full Name:Momiji Nishiya
Nationality:Japanese
National Team: Japan
Birth Date:30 August 2007
Birth Place:Osaka, Japan
Country:Japan
Sport:Skateboarding
Position:Regular-footed
Rank:7th[1]
Event:Street

is a Japanese skateboarder. At the 2020 Summer Olympics, she won the first ever gold medal in the women's street competition. Winning at the age of 13, she is the youngest person ever to win a gold medal for Japan, and the third youngest after Marjorie Gestring and Klaus Zerta to ever win an event at the Summer Olympics. [2] [3] [4]

Career

Nishiya competed at the 2019 Summer X Games in the women's street event where she scored 90.00 and won a silver medal.[5]

Nishiya competed at the 2021 Street Skateboarding World Championships where she scored 14.17 and won the silver medal.[6]

As of June 2021, Nishiya was ranked fifth in the Olympic World Skateboarding rankings, and qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics.[1] [7] She competed in the women's street competition, where she scored 15.26 and won the gold medal.[8] At the age of 13 years and 330 days, she became the youngest Olympic gold medalist for Japan, and the third youngest gold medalist in Olympic history.[9]

Nishiya competed at the X Games California 2023 in the women's street event where she scored 86.66 and won a bronze medal.[10] [11]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Olympic World Skateboarding Rankings – Street, Female . . 6 August 2024 . en . 6 August 2024.
  2. Web site: Momiji Nishiya . Tokyo 2020 Olympics . . 26 July 2021 . 28 July 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210728052226/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/skateboarding/athlete-profile-n1315689-nishiya-momiji.htm . dead.
  3. Web site: 13-year-old Momiji Nishiya wins gold, becomes Japan’s youngest Olympic medalist . timeout.com . Emma . Steen . 26 July 2021 . 26 July 2021.
  4. News: 4 August 2021 . Athletes as young as 12 have won medals at the Tokyo Olympics. Who are the youngest to ever win? . USA Today . Jordan Mendoza . 12 August 2021.
  5. Web site: X Games 2019: Full Results, Medal Winners and Best Trick Highlights . blearcherreport.com . Joseph . Zucker . 4 August 2019 . 26 July 2021.
  6. Web site: Japan dominate at the World Street Skateboarding Championships . Tokyo 2020 Olympics . The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games . 7 June 2021 . 26 July 2021 . 26 July 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210726085349/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/en/news/japan-dominate-at-the-world-street-skateboarding-championships . dead.
  7. Web site: The List of Future Olympic Skateboarders is Official!!! . worldskate.org . 9 June 2021 . 26 July 2021.
  8. Web site: Japan’s Momiji Nishiya, 13, wins Olympic skateboarding women’s street gold . . 26 July 2021 . 26 July 2021.
  9. Web site: 13-year-old Momiji Nishiya becomes one of Japan's youngest Olympic champions . . Jason . Coskrey . 26 July 2021 . 26 July 2021.
  10. Web site: Australian skaters Chloe Covell, Arisa Trew win X Games gold . ESPN.com . 22 July 2023 . 23 July 2023.
  11. Web site: Skateboarding: Yuto Horigome wins best trick at X Games California . kyodonews.net . . 22 July 2023 . 23 July 2023.

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