Misugu Okamoto
{{Short description|Japanese skateboarder (born 2006)}}
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{{Nihongo|Misugu Okamoto|岡本 碧優|Okamoto Misugu|born 22 June 2006}} is a Japanese skateboarder. She won the gold at the women's park event at the World Skateboarding Championship in 2019 and, in 2021, she qualified to represent Japan at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Biography
Okamoto was born in Takahama, Aichi.{{cite news |title=Okamoto has the X-factor. Japan's teen skateboard queen is wary of Olympic jinx. |work=The Star |date=31 Jul 2019}} Aged 13, she won the World Skate World Park Championship in 2019,{{cite news|last=Hope|first=Nick|date=2021-04-09|title=Olympic skateboarding: 'Fearless' teen Bombette Martin seeks 'dream' Tokyo place|work=BBC Sport|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/56680960|url-status=live|access-date=2021-06-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210605211753/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/56680960|archive-date=2021-06-05}}{{cite web |title=Park Skateboardind WC 2019: gold goes to Misugu Okamoto; tomorrow men finals |url=http://www.worldskate.org/skateboarding/news-skateboarding/3191-park-skateboarding-wc-2019-gold-goes-to-misugu-okamoto-tomorrow-men-finals.html |publisher=World Skate |date=14 September 2019 |access-date=10 June 2021 |archive-date=10 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200810191115/http://www.worldskate.org/skateboarding/news-skateboarding/3191-park-skateboarding-wc-2019-gold-goes-to-misugu-okamoto-tomorrow-men-finals.html |url-status=live }} and also won another three Olympic qualifying events.{{cite news |title=13-year-old Misugu Okamoto blazing trail to skateboarding's 1st Olympic gold |url=https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2020/02/8ac1e1d74ddf-feature-13-year-old-okamoto-blazing-trail-to-skateboardings-1st-olympic-gold.html |website=english.kyodonews.net |date=18 February 2020 |access-date=10 June 2020 |archive-date=21 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200321044849/https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2020/02/8ac1e1d74ddf-feature-13-year-old-okamoto-blazing-trail-to-skateboardings-1st-olympic-gold.html |url-status=live }} In November 2019, she became the first skater to land a kickflip Indy in women's competition.
In 2021, it was announced that Okamoto had qualified for the Women's Park skateboarding competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics.{{cite web |title=The list of future Olympic skateboarders is official!!! |url=http://www.worldskate.org/skateboarding/news-skateboarding/3353-the-list-of-future-olympic-skateboarders-is-official.html |publisher=World Skate |date=9 June 2021 |access-date=10 June 2021 |archive-date=10 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210610134455/https://s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js |url-status=live }} She finished fourth in the event, after falling on her final run.{{cite web |last=Apstein |first=Stephanie |title=Teens Sweep the Medals, Show Unique Culture of Park Skateboarding at Olympics |url=https://www.si.com/olympics/2021/08/04/park-skateboarding-tokyo-olympics-culture-camaraderie |work=Sports Illustrated |date=4 August 2021 |access-date=4 August 2021 |archive-date=August 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210804094612/https://www.si.com/olympics/2021/08/04/park-skateboarding-tokyo-olympics-culture-camaraderie |url-status=live }}
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Category:Japanese female skateboarders
Category:Skateboarders at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Category:People from Takahama, Aichi
Category:Olympic skateboarders for Japan
Category:World Skateboarding Championship medalists
Category:21st-century Japanese sportswomen
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