 Trew with her 2024 Laureus Action Sportsperson Award | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 12 May 2010 (age 14) Cairns, Queensland, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Palm Beach, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Skateboarding | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Regular footed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | 2nd[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Park, vert | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Arisa Trew (アリサ・トゥルー, born 12 May 2010) is an Australian skateboarder. She won the gold medal for the women's park skateboarding event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris at the age of 14 making her Australia's youngest ever Olympic champion. She is the first women's skateboarder to land a 720 and a 900 in competition.
Early life
[edit]Trew was born on 12 May 2010[1] in Cairns, Queensland, Australia. Her mother, Aiko, is Japanese and her father, Simon, is Welsh.[3][4][5][6] She moved to the Gold Coast where she grew up from the age of two[7] and started skateboarding at the age of seven.[5][8]
Career
[edit]In May 2023, Trew placed 4th at the 2023 Japan X Games for the women's park event.[1]
On 23 June 2023, during Tony Hawk's Vert Alert event held in Salt Lake City,[9] Arisa became the first female skateboarder to successfully execute a 720 trick in a competition; the trick involves completing two full rotations in mid-air.[10] That trick was made famous by professional skateboarder Tony Hawk, who first performed it in 1985.[11]
In July 2023, Trew won the women's vert as well as the park Gold medals at the 2023 X Games in California.[12] Trew repeated this feat in June 2024 by winning once again both the vert and the park Gold medals at the 2024 X Games in Ventura, California.[12]
In March 2024, Trew placed 4th at the World Skateboarding Tour in Dubai for the women's park event.[13]
In April 2024, Trew received the Laureus World Sports Award for Action Sportsperson of the Year at the Laureus World Sports Awards.[14]
On 29 May 2024, Trew became the first female skateboarder to land a 900, which she did in a half-pipe.[15][16]
At the 2024 Olympic Qualifier Series, Trew placed first in both park qualifiers.[17]
2024 Summer Olympics
[edit]On 6 August 2024, she won the gold medal in the park event at the Paris Olympic Games, making her the youngest Australian to ever win an Olympic gold medal at the age of 14.[18] Prior to winning, she had made a deal with her parents that if she won gold, they would get her a pet duck.[19][20]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Arisa Trew". X Games. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
- ^ "Olympic World Skateboarding Rankings – Park, Female". World Skate. 6 August 2024. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
- ^ Oba, Yumi (14 November 2023). "Arisa made skateboard history at 13. Now she's eyeing the Olympics". Special Broadcasting Service. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
- ^ Kadowaki, Masanori (9 June 2023). 13歳の日系スケートボーダー、アリサ・トゥルー（豪）にパリ五輪で活躍の予感...開心那ら日本選手から刺激「負けないくらい練習を」. Sportiva (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
- ^ a b "Interview: Arisa Trew". S1 Helmets. 1 May 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
- ^ "Skateboarding "like a big family" for Trew | NSW Institute of Sport (NSWIS)". www.nswis.com.au. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
- ^ "Meet Arisa Trew – Gold Coast teen skateboarding champion". Inside Gold Coast. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- ^ Neeson, Niall. "WST San Juan 2023– Women's Finals Report In Full!". World Skate. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
- ^ "Tony Hawk's Vert Alert". Tony Hawk's Vert Alert. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
- ^ "Teen makes skateboarding history with 720 trick". BBC News. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
- ^ "Gold Coast teen Arisa Trew becomes the first female to land a 720 in competition". ABC News. 28 June 2023. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
- ^ a b "Arisa Trew". X Games. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
- ^ "Wyldata Action Sports Data Platform". wyldata.com. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
- ^ "Arisa Trew wins Laureus action sport award after Australian teen's 720 as a 13-year-old". ABC News. Australian Associated Press. 23 April 2024. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
- ^ Blakely, Brian (30 May 2024). "Arisa Trew Makes Skate History as First Woman to Land a 900". TransWorld SKATEboarding Magazine.
- ^ "'Glass ceilings are so 2023': Watch as skateboarding legend Tony Hawk hails Aussie teen's world first". ABC News. 30 May 2024 – via www.abc.net.au.
- ^ "Worldskate – Skateboarding & Roller Sports – Ranking Paris 2024". www.worldskate.org. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
- ^ "Teen prodigy wins gold in skateboarding – and she's Australia's youngest medallist". The Sydney Morning Herald. 6 August 2024. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
- ^ McCracken, Tess. "Olympic skateboarding champion Arisa Trew made a surprising deal with her parents if she won gold". news.com.au.
- ^ "Bizarre gift Trew's parents promised for gold medal win". Nine. 6 August 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
External links
[edit]- Arisa Trew at The Boardr
- Arisa Trew at the X Games
