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Native name | 川崎アユミ | ||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Japanese | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Osaka, Japan | 27 July 1984||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 1 in (155 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 110 lb (50 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Aggressive inline skating | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Vert | ||||||||||||||||||||
Promotion | ASA Action Sports | ||||||||||||||||||||
Turned pro | 1996 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ayumi Kawasaki (Japanese: 川崎アユミ, romanized: Kawasaki Ayumi; born 27 July 1984) is a Japanese professional vert skater. She is the youngest person to ever medal in aggressive inline skating at the X Games, claiming bronze in the women's vert competition at the 1997 Summer X Games when she was twelve years old.[1]
Kawasaki started skating when she was 9 in 1993 and turned professional in 1996. Kawasaki has attended and ranked high in many competitions in her vert skating career.
Best Tricks McTwist 1080, McTwist 900
Competition | Location | Discipline | Rank | |
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1997 X Games | San Diego, California | Women's vert | [2] | |
1998 X Games | San Diego, California | Women's vert | [3] | |
1999 X Games | San Francisco, California | Women's vert | [2] | |
2000 X Games | San Francisco, California | Women's vert | [4] | |
2001 X Games | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Women's vert | [2] | |
2004 ASA Pro Tour | Dulles, Virginia | Vert | 8th | |
2005 LG Action Sports Tour | Sacramento, California | Vert | 7th | |
2005 LG Action Sports Championships | Vert | 9th | ||
2005 X Games Asia | Kuala Lumpur | Vert | 5th | [5] |
2006 X Games Asia | Kuala Lumpur | Vert | 4th | [6] |
2006 Action Sports World Tour | Richmond, Virginia | Vert | 5th | |
2006 LG Action Sports World Tour | Amsterdam | Vert | 4th | |
2006 LG Action Sports World Tour | Birmingham | Vert | 10th | |
2006 Action Sports US Vert Championship | San Diego, California | Vert | 6th | |
2006 LG Action Sports World Championships | Dallas, Texas | Vert | 10th | |
2007 X Games Asia | Shanghai | Vert | 10th | |
2007 Action Sports World Tour | San Diego, California | Vert | 9th | |
2007 LG Action Sports World Championships | Dallas, Texas | Vert | 8th | |
2008 X Games Asia | Shanghai | Vert | [7] |