Bryce Wettstein

{{Short description|American skateboarder (born 2004)}}

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| birth_name = Bryce Ava Wettstein

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| birth_place = Encinitas, California, U.S.

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| occupation = Skateboarder

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| height = 5 ft 9 in

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| website = {{URL|https://brycewettstein.com}}

| country = United States

| sport = Skateboarding

| position = Regular-footed

| rank = 9th (Park; October 2023){{cite web |title=Olympic World Skateboarding Rankings – Park, Female |url=https://www.worldskate.org/skateboarding/ranking-paris-2024.html |website=World Skate |access-date=2021-07-26 |language=en |date=2021-06-30}}

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| 2019 USA Skateboarding National Championships: Women's park – Gold

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Bryce Ava Wettstein (born January 10, 2004) is a regular-footed American skateboarder.{{Cite web |title=Bryce Ava Wettstein – Homepage |url=https://www.brycewettstein.com/ |url-status=live |access-date=2020-08-27 |website=BryceWettstein.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091030155635/http://www.brycewettstein.com:80/ |archive-date=October 30, 2009}}{{cite web |date=2016-11-21 |title=Bryce Wettstein – Juice Magazine State of Skate Interview |url=http://juicemagazine.com/home/bryce-wettstein-juice-magazine-state-of-skate-interview/ |url-status=live |access-date=2021-07-31 |website=Juice |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161122170425/http://juicemagazine.com/home/bryce-wettstein-juice-magazine-state-of-skate-interview/ |archive-date=November 22, 2016}}{{cite web |last1=Billing |first1=Karen |date=2019-04-11 |title=Encinitas local named to first USA Olympic skateboarding team |url=https://www.encinitasadvocate.com/news/sd-cm-nc-bryce-skateboard-20190411-htmlstory.html |url-status=live |access-date=2021-07-31 |website=Encinitas Advocate |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190623150832/https://www.encinitasadvocate.com/news/sd-cm-nc-bryce-skateboard-20190411-htmlstory.html |archive-date=June 23, 2019}}{{Cite web |last=Bane |first=Colin |date=2020-05-06 |title=Bryce Wettstein on the Power of Dreams |url=https://www.dewtour.com/stories/bryce-wettstein-on-the-power-of-dreams/ |url-status=live |access-date=2020-08-24 |website=Dew Tour |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200519225454/https://www.dewtour.com/stories/bryce-wettstein-on-the-power-of-dreams/ |archive-date=May 19, 2020}}{{Cite web |title=Athletes: Bryce Wettstein, Skateboarding |url=https://www.teamusa.org/usa-skateboarding/athletes/Bryce-Wettstein |url-status=dead |access-date=2021-06-17 |website=Team USA |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210706223540/https://www.teamusa.org/usa-skateboarding/athletes/Bryce-Wettstein |archive-date=July 6, 2021}}{{Cite web |last=Whitehead |first=Cindy |date=2014-01-15 |title=Who's Rad? Bryce Ava Wettstein. |url=http://www.girlisnota4letterword.com/2014/01/whos-rad-bryce-ava-wettsteiin.html |url-status=live |access-date=2021-07-31 |website=Girl Is Not A 4 Letter Word |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200923115910/http://www.girlisnota4letterword.com/2014/01/whos-rad-bryce-ava-wettsteiin.html |archive-date=September 23, 2020}}

Skateboarding

Wettstein has been skating and surfing since she was 5 years old.{{cite web |date=2019-02-01 |title=TRIPLE EIGHT - Welcome Bryce Wettstein |url=http://girlsskatenetwork.com/2019/02/01/triple-eight-welcome-bryce-wettstein/ |access-date=2021-07-31 |website=Girls Skate Network |type=Video}} In the 2017 Vans Park Series, Wettstein placed 2nd after a run that scored 83.43. She finished behind Brighton Zeuner's 84.69 and ahead of Nora Vasconcellos's 82.36.{{cite web |date=2017-08-03 |title=2017 Women's Pro Tour – Huntington Beach |url=http://www.vansparkseries.com/events/2017/wpt/huntington-beach/results |url-status=live |access-date=2021-07-31 |website=Vans Park Series |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171210000625/http://www.vansparkseries.com:80/events/2017/wpt/huntington-beach/results |archive-date=December 10, 2017}} In 2018, Bryce placed 2nd at Dew Tour Women’s Pro Park, finishing behind Nicole Hause and ahead of Jordyn Barratt.{{cite web |last1=Sullivan |first1=Adam |date=2018-06-01 |title=Hause Wins at Dew Tour Women's Park Finals |url=https://www.dewtour.com/news/hause-wins-dew-tour-womens-park-finals/ |access-date=2021-07-31 |website=Dew Tour}} Wettstein is among the 16 members of the inaugural USA Skateboarding National Team announced in March 2019. Wettstein won the 2019 National Championship for Women's Park held at CATF. Wettstein qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games and competed in the women’s park event.{{cite web |date=2019-03-19 |title=USA Skateboarding Olympic Team Announced |url=https://skateboarding.transworld.net/news/usa-skateboarding-olympic-team-announced/ |url-status=live |access-date=2021-07-31 |website=Transworld Skateboarding |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322212915/https://skateboarding.transworld.net/news/usa-skateboarding-olympic-team-announced/ |archive-date=March 22, 2019}} She placed sixth overall.{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/03/sports/olympics/skateboarding-tokyo-park-sky-brown.html |title=Japan wins its third skateboarding gold medal of the Games, in women's park |newspaper=The New York Times |date=August 3, 2021 |last1=Branch |first1=John}}

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