Yndiara Asp
Appearance
Personal information | |
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Nickname | Yndi |
Born | Florianópolis, Brazil | 19 October 1997
Occupation | Professional skateboarder |
Sport | |
Land | Brasilien |
Sport | Skateboarding |
Position | Goofy-footed |
Rank | 14th (June 2021)[1] |
Event | Park |
Achievements and titles | |
Olympic finals | 2020 Summer Olympics: Women's park – 8th |
Yndiara Asp (born 19 October 1997) is a Brazilian professional skateboarder, who represented Brazil in the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.[2]
Early life
[edit]Born in Santa Catarina, Yndiara began skateboarding at the age of 7, and started to pursue competitive events in the age of 15.[3] She studied Physical education in the Federal University of Santa Catarina, but opted to drop out to pursue skateboarding professionally.[4]
Skateboarding
[edit]Yndiara has competed in women's park events at several World Skateboarding Championships, finishing 10th in 2018 and 36th in 2019. She has also competed at X Games, placing 4th in 2018.[2]
She is placed eighth in the women's park event at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, the first that featured skateboarding as an official sport. [5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Olympic World Skateboarding Rankings (Park, Female)". World Skate. Archived from the original on 27 July 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- ^ a b "Skateboarding ASP Yndiara". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- ^ "Yndiara Asp: campeã que já usou o skate como refúgio". Red Bull (in Portuguese). 18 May 2021. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
- ^ "Yndiara Asp define skate como arte e comenta luta pela igualdade nas premiações". GQ (in Brazilian Portuguese). 21 August 2022. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
- ^ "Yndiara ASP Biography, Olympic Medals, Records and Age". Olympic Results.
External links
[edit]- Yndiara Asp at Olympedia
- Yndiara Asp at The Boardr
- Yndiara Asp at Tokyo 2020 Olympics