Miyu Ito

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Miyu Ito (born 15 May 2007) is a Japanese skateboarder. She is a World Skateboarding Championship and Asian Games bronze medalist.

Career

In September 2023, Ito competed at the 2022 Asian Games and won a bronze medal in the street event with a score of 221.59.{{cite web |url=https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/sports/other-sports/20230928-139671/ |title=2023 Asian Games: Day 4 |work=The Japan News |date=28 September 2023 |access-date=2 October 2024}}

Following the 2024 Olympic Qualifier Series, Ito was ranked in the top-ten of the world street skateboarding rankings, however, Japan already met its quota of three skaters, and as a result she didn't qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics.{{cite web |url=https://olympics.com/en/news/olympic-qualifier-series-budapest-street-skateboarding-japan |title=Olympic Qualifier Series: No easy way out from Budapest to Paris for Japan's skateboarders |website=oympics.com |first=Shintaro |last=Kano |date=29 May 2024 |access-date=2 October 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2024/06/d64199e4959c-skateboarding-japanese-face-tight-final-battle-for-olympic-spots.html |title=Skateboarding: Japanese face tight final battle for Olympic spots |publisher=Kyodo News |date=19 June 2024 |access-date=2 October 2024}}

Ito made her X Games debut in Ventura, California in June 2024, and became the first rookie in history to win a gold medal in the women's skateboard street event.{{cite web |url=https://www.surfertoday.com/skateboarding/historic-records-broken-at-x-games-ventura-2024 |title=Historic records broken at X Games Ventura 2024 |website=surfertoday.com |date=1 July 2024 |access-date=2 October 2024}}

In September 2024, she competed at the World Skateboarding Championship. During the open qualifier round she had the second-highest score of 70.85 points.{{cite web |url=https://olympics.com/en/news/world-skate-games-italia-2024-nakayama-funa-womens-qualifying-rome-results |title=World Skate Games Italia 2024: Nakayama Funa leads 29 into women's quarter-finals on opening day in Rome |website=oympics.com |first=Chloe |last=Merrell |date=10 September 2024 |access-date=2 October 2024}} During the finals she won a bronze medal with a score of 249.53.{{cite web |url=https://olympics.com/en/news/rayssa-leal-regains-women-s-street-skateboarding-world-crown-results |title=Rayssa Leal defies Japanese challenge to regain women's street skateboarding world crown |website=oympics.com |first1=Rory |last1=Jiwani |first2=Chloe |last2=Merrell |date=14 September 2024 |access-date=2 October 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2024/09/0964c2a73051-skateboarding-sasaki-wins-japans-3rd-mens-street-world-title.html |title=Skateboarding: Toa Sasaki wins Japan's 3rd men's street world title |publisher=Kyodo News |date=15 September 2024 |access-date=2 October 2024}} Weeks later, she then competed at the X Games in Chiba, Japan and won a silver medal in the street event.{{cite web |url=https://www.skateboarding.com/trending-news/x-games-chiba-2024-day-two-recap-results-cordanos-tricks |title=X Games Chiba 2024 Day Two Recap & Results (Cordano's Tricks!) |website=skateboarding.com |first=Blair |last=Alley |date=21 September 2024 |access-date=2 October 2024}}

References

External links

{{X Games profile|new_id=miyu-ito}}

Category:2007 births

Category:Living people

Category:Japanese female skateboarders

Category:Skateboarders at the 2022 Asian Games

Category:Asian Games medalists in skateboarding

Category:Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games

Category:Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan

Category:World Skateboarding Championship medalists

Category:21st-century Japanese sportswomen