Augusto Akio

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| image = Augusto Akio em um encontro de atletas dos Jogos Olímpicos de Paris 2024 com o presidente Lula.jpg

| caption = Akio in August 2024

| fullname = Augusto Akio Takahashi dos Santos{{Cite web|url=https://www.uol.com.br/esporte/radicais/ultimas-noticias/2019/06/17/skatista-de-18-anos-leva-moto-zero-em-desafio-na-piscina-em-cacapava.htm|title=Skatista de 18 anos leva moto zero em desafio na piscina em Caçapava|website=www.uol.com.br}}

| nickname = Japinha{{Cite web|url=https://skatevertbrasa.com.br/skatista/augusto-akio-japinha/|title=Augusto Akio (Japinha) – Skate Vert Brasa}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|2000|12|12}}

| birth_place = Curitiba, Brazil

| sport = Skateboarding

| country = {{BRA}}

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Augusto Akio Takahashi dos Santos (born 12 December 2000) is a Brazilian skateboarder specializing in park skateboarding.{{cite web |title=Augusto Akio |work=www.cbsk.com.br |url=https://www.cbsk.com.br/modalidade/2/park |access-date=14 November 2023 |language=pt}}{{cite web |title=Park Masculino page 16 |work=www.redbull.com.br |url=https://www2.camara.leg.br/atividade-legislativa/comissoes/comissoes-permanentes/cespo/apresentacoes-em-eventos/apresentacao-de-convidados-em-eventos-2023/apresentacao-eduardo-musa-skate|access-date=14 November 2023 |language=pt}}

Career

He began to stand out on the national skateboarding scene when he was just 11 years old. In 2019, he won bronze at the Vert World Championship held in Barcelona, but did not make it past the World Park Championship qualifiers, in São Paulo. He placed 6th in the final of the X Games in Minneapolis 2019. He failed to qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Games.{{Cite web|url=https://www.uol.com.br/esporte/colunas/olhar-olimpico/2023/03/12/perfil-augusto-akio.htm|title=Olhar Olímpico - Bronze olímpico, Augusto Akio brilha no skate e traz lições do malabarismo|website=www.uol.com.br}}

At the 2022 World Skateboarding Championship, he won the silver medal in the Men's park.{{Cite web|url=https://ge.globo.com/skate/noticia/2023/02/12/augusto-akio-e-vice-campeao-mundial-de-skate-park-pedro-barros-e-bronze.ghtml|title=Augusto Akio é vice-campeão mundial de skate park; Pedro Barros é bronze|date=12 February 2023|website=ge}}

At the 2023 Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile, he won the silver medal in the Men's park.{{Cite web|url=https://www.terra.com.br/esportes/jogos-olimpicos/raicca-ventura-e-augusto-akio-garantem-a-prata-no-skate-park-do-pan,c8b46dccfd4f8b83143bc89e21ec792erh1s4hi7.html|title=Raicca Ventura e Augusto Akio garantem a prata no skate park do Pan|website=Terra}}

At the 2024 Summer Olympics, Augusto won the bronze medal in the men's park skateboarding competition.{{Cite web|url=https://ge.globo.com/olimpiadas/noticia/2024/08/07/augusto-akio-e-bronze-no-skate-park-nas-olimpiadas.ghtml|title=Augusto Akio voa na última volta e leva o bronze no skate park das Olimpíadas|date=7 August 2024|website=ge}}

In September 2024, Akio became world champion in the skate park, with his compatriot Pedro Barros as runner-up. {{Cite web|url=https://ge.globo.com/skate/noticia/2024/09/22/augusto-akio-e-campeao-mundial-de-skate-park-pedro-barros-e-vice.ghtml|title=Augusto Akio é campeão mundial de skate park e Pedro Barros é vice|date=22 September 2024|website=ge}}