Alana Smith (skateboarder)
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Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||
Born | Mesa, Arizona, US | October 20, 2000||||||||||||||
Occupation | Professional skateboarder | ||||||||||||||
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Country | United States | ||||||||||||||
Sport | Skateboarding | ||||||||||||||
Position | Goofy-footed | ||||||||||||||
Rank | 19th (Street; July 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Street, park | ||||||||||||||
Pro tour(s) | Dew Tour Street League Skateboarding | ||||||||||||||
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Alana Smith (born October 20, 2000) is an American professional skateboarder from Mesa, Arizona.[2][3][4] They are goofy-footed.[5]
Skateboarding career
In 2013, at the age of 12, Smith landed a 540 McTwist and became the youngest medalist in X Games history when they won silver in the women's park event at the X Games Barcelona.[4]
They finished first in the Girls Combi Pool Classic at the World Cup of Skateboarding in 2015.[6][7][8]
In 2016, Smith and Nora Vasconcellos joined the skate team of the Eugene, Oregon boardshop Tactics, as the brand's female ambassadors.[9]
In 2021, Smith competed in the women's street skateboarding event at the 2020 Summer Olympics, finishing in last place out of the 20 competitors at the heat stage.[10] In so doing, Smith became the first ever openly non-binary athlete to compete at the Olympics and had the pronouns "they/them" inscribed on their skateboard.[11] However, a number of sports presenters misgendered Smith during coverage of the event, including BBC Sport commentators and commentators on an international feed that was broadcast on NBC Sports.[12][13]
Personal life
Smith is bisexual and non-binary, using they/them pronouns.[11]
References
- ^ "Olympic World Skateboarding Rankings – Street, Female". World Skate. June 30, 2021. Retrieved July 26, 2021.
- ^ "Alana Smith Is Fearless". Street League Skateboarding. October 3, 2015. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
- ^ Dwyer, Kate (September 23, 2015). "This 14-Year-Old Proves Skateboarding is a Girl's Sport". Teen Vogue. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
- ^ a b Harwood, Erika (September 26, 2019). "5 Female Skateboarders Everyone Will be Talking About in 2020". ELLE. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
- ^ "Alana Smith athlete biography". X Games. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
- ^ Khurshudyan, Isabelle (August 1, 2013). "Alana Smith blurs gender lines in skateboarding". ESPN. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
- ^ "Alana Smith (they/them)". XSM Global. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
- ^ Waldman, Celia (June 3, 2016). "X Games Austin 2016 Q&A: Alana Smith". SI Kids. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
- ^ Blakely, Brian (August 12, 2016). "Tactics Welcomes Alana Smith and Nora Vasconcellos". Transworld Skateboarding. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
- ^ "Tokyo 2020 – Skateboarding, Women's Street (Prelims) – Heat Results" (PDF). Olympics.com. July 26, 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 26, 2021. Retrieved August 2, 2021.
- ^ a b Raza-Sheikh, Zoya (July 26, 2021). "Non-binary Olympic athlete continuously misgendered in sporting commentary". Gay Times. Retrieved August 2, 2021.
- ^ Padgett, Donald (July 27, 2021). "Nonbinary Olympic Skateboarder Alana Smith Was Misgendered on TV". Out. Retrieved August 2, 2021.
- ^ Parsons, Vic (July 27, 2021). "Non-binary skateboarder makes Olympics history – and is misgendered while doing it". PinkNews. Retrieved August 2, 2021.
External links
- Alana Smith at Olympedia
- Alana Smith at The Boardr
- Alana Smith at the X Games (archived)
- 2000 births
- Living people
- American skateboarders
- LGBT skateboarders
- Non-binary sportspeople
- Olympic skateboarders of the United States
- Sportspeople from Mesa, Arizona
- Skateboarders at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Bisexual sportspeople
- LGBT sportspeople from the United States
- LGBT people from Arizona
- 21st-century LGBT people
- Bisexual non-binary people