Letícia Bufoni
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Birth name | Letícia Bufoni e Silva | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | [1] São Paulo, Brazil | April 13, 1993|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 110 lb (50 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Skateboarding | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Letícia Bufoni e Silva (born April 13, 1993) is a Brazilian professional street skateboarder. She is a five-time X Games gold medalist.[2] She has 3.4 million fans across Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.[3]
Currently Bufoni is preparing for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, where Skateboarding will be part of the Games for the first time.
Early life
Bufoni was born in São Paulo, Brazil.[1] She began skating at age 9[4] and her grandmother bought her first skateboard when she was 11.[5]
“I grew up in the street playing sports all the time. We didn’t have computers, no smart phones. All of the kids started skating so I did too.”[6]
“My dad broke my board so I wouldn't skate anymore. I started when I was 9 years old; I was skating with all the guys in my neighborhood, and he was mad at me because I was the only girl in the middle of 10 guys. He smashed my board in front of me and said; You're not skating anymore, ever again.” Bufoni remembers.[7] Her father eventually relented.[8]
She attended Hollywood High School, but left after missing so much school that she was in danger of being expelled.[9]
Career
Bufoni was 14 when she went to Southern California to compete in the X Games.[9]
She is a five-time X Games gold medalist. She tied Elissa Steamer's decade-old record for most gold in Women's SKB Street with her win at XG Shanghai 2019. Overall she earned six straight medals in X Games Women's SKB Street (2010–2014) as well as the title at Shanghai 2019.[10]
She has become one of the best-known and most influential action sports athletes in the world.[11] Bufoni was ranked the #1 women’s street skateboarder by World Cup of Skateboarding four years in a row 2010–2013 and appeared in[12]The Guinness Book of World Records (2017) for the "Most Wins Of The World Cup of Skateboarding. In 2013, was nominated for an ESPY Award – Best Female Action Sports Athlete.
In 2015, she won the first Street League Skateboarding Women’s SLS Super Crown World Championship in Chicago, IL.[13] She also appeared in the ESPN Magazine – The Body Issue. [14]
In 2018, Forbes named Bufoni one of [15] The Most Powerful Women In International Sports for 2018 (#25) and made Sports Pro Media's list for The World’s Most Marketable Athletes for 2018 (#41).[16] Further in 2018, she was named to the Forbes Brazil "Under 30" list.[17] She has 3.4 million followers across Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.
Bufoni is the official athlete representative for World Skate, the International Olympic Committee-recognized governing body for Skateboarding.[18]
Competitions
- 2015 – 1st Place: Far'n High Women's Finals – Paris, France
- 2015 – 1st Place: Excellent Mystic Skate Cup Women's Street – Prague, Czech Republic
- 2015 – 1st Place: Street League Super Crown Women's Finals – Chicago, USA
- 2016 – 1st Place: Far'n' High Women's Finals – Paris, France – Paris, France
- 2016 – 1st Place: Mystic Sk8 Cup Women's Open – Prague, Czech Republic
- 2016 – 2nd Place: Street League Super Crown Women's Finals – Los Angeles, USA
- 2017 – 3rd Place: X Games Minneapolis Skateboard Street – Minneapolis, USA
- 2017 – 2nd Place: Street League Super Crown Women's Finals – Los Angeles, USA
- 2018 – 1st Place: X Games Norway Skateboard Street – Oslo, Norway
- 2018 – 2nd Place: World Cup of Skateboarding Street – Vigo, Spain
- 2018 – 2nd Place: X Games Skateboard Street – Sydney, Australia
- 2019 – 1st Place: X Games Skateboard Street – Shanghai, China
- 2019 – 2nd Place: Dew Tour – Long Beach, California, USA
Awards
Nickelodeon 2016 Kids' Choice Sports – Queen Of Swag
Cartoon Network 2014 Hall of Game Awards – She Got Game
Video game appearances
Bufoni is a playable character in the video game Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5.
She is also in the new game, Tony Hawk Pro Skater 1 & 2, a remastered and updated version of the original Pro Skater games, which has an updated roster of playable skaters.
Music video appearances
Bufoni plays a featured role in the music video for Snapback by Old Dominion.
References
- ^ a b "International Skateboarding Federation - Leticia Bufoni". Archived from the original on 7 January 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
- ^ "FNDMNTLS - Leticia Bufoni". Beats by Dre. Retrieved 2019-07-23.
- ^ "No. 25: Leticia Bufoni". Forbes. Retrieved 2019-07-23.
- ^ Ain, Morty (2015-07-06). "Skateboarder Leticia Bufoni bares all". espn.go.com. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
- ^ Goyanes, Cristina (2014-06-02). "Skateboarder Leticia Bufoni's Journey to the X Games Austin". shape.com. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
- ^ "The "GIZMO" Interviews: Leticia Bufoni". www.thrashermagazine.com. Retrieved 2019-07-23.
- ^ "Skateboarder Leticia Bufoni: 'I'm going to skate forever'". ESPN.com. 2015-07-06. Retrieved 2019-07-23.
- ^ "The "GIZMO" Interviews: Leticia Bufoni". www.thrashermagazine.com. Retrieved 2019-07-23.
- ^ a b Hendrixx, Eric (2015-08-25). "Leticia Bufoni on the Perils of Skating Naked". rollingstone.com. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
- ^ "Leticia Bufoni's official X Games athlete biography". X Games. Retrieved 2019-07-23.
- ^ "Leticia Bufoni's official X Games athlete biography". X Games. Retrieved 2019-07-23.
- ^ Book, Guinness (2017-04-01). "Most wins World Cup Skateboarding World Rankings (Street, female)". guinnessworldrecords.com. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
- ^ League, Street (2015-10-04). "Leticia Bufoni Makes History As The First Womens Super Crown Champ". streetleague.com. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
- ^ Ain, Morty (2015-07-06). "Leticia Bufoni: 'I'm going to skate forever'". espn.com. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
- ^ Glass, Alana (2015-03-27). "The Most Powerful Women In International Sports". forbes.com. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
- ^ Long, Michael (2018-09-05). "Paul Pogba named world's most marketable athlete of 2018". Sportspromedia.com. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
- ^ Magazine, Forbes (2018-12-19). "10 destaques brasileiros abaixo dos 30 anos". forbes.uol.com.br. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
- ^ "Leticia Bufoni's official X Games athlete biography". X Games. Retrieved 2019-07-23.
External links
- Leticia Bufoni on Twitter.
- Verified profile on Instagram
- Verified profile on Facebook
- Leticia Bufoni athlete profile
- The GIZMO interviews: Leticia Bufoni on Trasher
- Leticia Bufoni: I'm going to skate forever on ESPN
- On the perils of skating naked for Rolling Stone
- This is Leticia Bufoni's life less ordinary on redbull.com
- Leticia Bufoni XGames profile
- Red Bull Roller Coaster
- Leticia Bufoni in the Nine Club with Chris Roberts