Momiji Nishiya
Personal information
Native name西矢椛
Full nameMomiji Nishiya
National team Japan
Born (2007-08-30) 30 August 2007 (age 16)
Osaka, Japan
Sport
CountryJapan
SportSkateboarding
PositionRegular-footed
Rank5th[1]
EventStreet
Medal record
Women's street skateboarding
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Street
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2020 Rome Street
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Jacksonville Street
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Rio de Janeiro Street
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Sharjah Street
X Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 California Street
Silver medal – second place 2019 Minneapolis Street
Silver medal – second place 2023 Chiba Street
Bronze medal – third place 2023 California Street

Momiji Nishiya (西矢 椛, Nishiya Momiji, born 30 August 2007) is a Japanese skateboarder. At the 2020 Summer Olympics, she won the first ever gold medal in the women's street competition. Winning at the age of 13, she is the youngest person ever to win a gold medal for Japan, and the third youngest after Marjorie Gestring and Klaus Zerta to ever win an event at the Summer Olympics.[2][3][4]

Career

Nishiya competed at the 2019 Summer X Games in the women's street event where she scored 90.00 and won a silver medal.[5]

Nishiya competed at the 2021 Street Skateboarding World Championships where she scored 14.17 and won the silver medal.[6]

As of June 2021, Nishiya was ranked fifth in the Olympic World Skateboarding rankings, and qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics.[1][7] She competed in the women's street competition, where she scored 15.26 and won the gold medal.[8] At the age of 13 years and 330 days, she became the youngest Olympic gold medalist for Japan, and the third youngest gold medalist in Olympic history.[9]

Nishiya competed at the X Games California 2023 in the women's street event where she scored 86.66 and won a bronze medal.[10][11]

References

  1. ^ a b "Olympic World Skateboarding Rankings – Street, Female". World Skate. 30 June 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Momiji Nishiya". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 28 July 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  3. ^ Steen, Emma (26 July 2021). "13-year-old Momiji Nishiya wins gold, becomes Japan's youngest Olympic medalist". timeout.com. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  4. ^ Jordan Mendoza (4 August 2021). "Athletes as young as 12 have won medals at the Tokyo Olympics. Who are the youngest to ever win?". USA Today. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  5. ^ Zucker, Joseph (4 August 2019). "X Games 2019: Full Results, Medal Winners and Best Trick Highlights". blearcherreport.com. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Japan dominate at the World Street Skateboarding Championships". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. 7 June 2021. Archived from the original on 26 July 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  7. ^ "The List of Future Olympic Skateboarders is Official!!!". worldskate.org. 9 June 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  8. ^ "Japan's Momiji Nishiya, 13, wins Olympic skateboarding women's street gold". The Guardian. 26 July 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  9. ^ Coskrey, Jason (26 July 2021). "13-year-old Momiji Nishiya becomes one of Japan's youngest Olympic champions". The Japan Times. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  10. ^ "Australian skaters Chloe Covell, Arisa Trew win X Games gold". ESPN.com. 22 July 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
  11. ^ "Skateboarding: Yuto Horigome wins best trick at X Games California". kyodonews.net. Kyodo News. 22 July 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2023.

External links


Olympic Skateboarding Street Champions – Women's
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