A 13-year-old Japanese skateboarder Momiji Nishiya won the gold medal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and became one of the youngest gold medalists ever at the Olympic Games. Nishiya won the gold on 26th July, 2021 in the women’s street competition which debuted for the first time in Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
- Nishiya won the gold on July 26, 2021 in the women’s street competition
- Nishiya beat out Brazil’s Rayssa Leal, who is just 13 years of age by landing her tricks perfectly
- Surprisingly, over 50% of the females who participated in the final competition were in their teens.
- Funa Nakayama, also from Japan, winning the bronze medal, is 16 years of age.
- Both Leal and Nishiya are the youngest ever medalists for their respective countries of Brazil and Japan.