Liz Akama

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赤間 凛音

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| caption = Liz Akama on November 30, 2024

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| native_name = 赤間 凛音

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2009|01|08|df=y}}

| birth_place = Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan

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| sport = Skateboarding

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| rank = 2nd{{cite web |title=Olympic World Skateboarding Rankings – Street, Women |url=https://www.worldskate.org/skateboarding/ranking-paris-2024.html |website=World Skate |access-date=2024-08-06 |language=en |date=2024-08-06}}

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| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Women's street skateboarding}}

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{{nihongo|Liz Akama|赤間 凛音|Akama Rizu|born 8 January 2009}} is a Japanese skateboarder who won a silver medal in women's street skateboarding at the 2024 Summer Olympics.{{Cite web |last=Zucker |first=Joseph |title=Olympic Skateboarding 2024: Women's Street Medal Winners and Results |url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10129898-olympic-skateboarding-2024-womens-street-medal-winners-and-results |access-date=2024-07-28 |website=Bleacher Report |language=en}}{{cite web | title=スケートボード 東北高校１年の赤間凛音選手がパリ五輪内定 | website=NHK | date=Jun 24, 2024 | url=https://www3.nhk.or.jp/tohoku-news/20240624/6000027905.html | access-date=11 July 2024|language=ja}} She began skateboarding in second grade with encouragement from her father, who was a surfer.{{Cite web |title=Akama Liz |url=https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/liz-akama_1902069#bio |access-date=3 August 2024 |website=Paris 2024}} Aside from her Olympic medal, she has also captured three silver medals and two bronze medals at the X Games.{{Cite web |title=Liz Akama |url=https://www.xgames.com/athletes/liz-akama |access-date=3 August 2024 |website=X Games}}