Letícia Bufoni

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In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Bufoni and the second or paternal family name is Silva.
Letícia Bufoni e Silva
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Personal information
Birth nameLetícia Bufoni e Silva
Born (1993-04-13) April 13, 1993 (age 28)[1]
São Paulo, Brazil
Height5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)
Weight110 lb (50 kg)
Sport
Country Brazil
SportSkateboarding
Medal record
Women's skateboarding
Representing  Brazil
World Skateboarding Championship
Gold medal – first place 2015 Chicago Skateboard Street
Silver medal – second place 2016 Los Angeles Skateboard Street
Silver medal – second place 2017 Los Angeles Skateboard Street
Silver medal – second place 2018 Rio de Janeiro Skateboard Street
Summer X Games
Silver medal – second place 2010 Los Angeles Skateboard Street
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Los Angeles Skateboard Street
Silver medal – second place 2012 Los Angeles Skateboard Street
Gold medal – first place 2013 Foz do Iguaçu Skateboard Street
Gold medal – first place Real Women
Gold medal – first place 2013 Los Angeles Skateboard Street
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Austin Skateboard Street
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Minneapolis Skateboard Street
Gold medal – first place Skateboard Street
Silver medal – second place Skateboard Street
Gold medal – first place Skateboard Street
Gold medal – first place Skateboard Street

Letícia Bufoni e Silva (born April 13, 1993) is a Brazilian-American[2] professional street skateboarder. She is a six-time X Games gold medalist.[3] She has 4.4 million fans across Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.[4]

Early life[]

Bufoni was born in São Paulo, Brazil.[1] She began skating at age 9,[5] and her grandmother bought her first skateboard when she was 11.[6]

“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.”[7]

“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.”[8] Her father eventually relented.[7]

At the age of 14, Bufoni moved to the United States with older friends.[9] She attended Hollywood High School, but left after missing so much school that she was in danger of being expelled.[10]

Career[]

In 2007, Bufoni competed in her first X Games at the age of 14 in Los Angeles.[10]

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.[11]

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] She was also the first female skater to sign for Nike SB in 2015.[15]

In 2018, Forbes named Bufoni one of The Most Powerful Women In International Sports for 2018 (#25)[16] and made Sports Pro Media's list for The World's Most Marketable Athletes for 2018 (#41).[17] Further in 2018, she was named to the Forbes Brazil "Under 30" list.[18] 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.[11]

Personal life[]

On April 7, 2021, Bufoni became a citizen of the United States.[19]

Competitions[]

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[]

  1. ^ a b "International Skateboarding Federation - Leticia Bufoni". Archived from the original on 7 January 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  2. ^ "USCIS on LinkedIn: #NewUSCitizen | 13 comments". www.linkedin.com. Retrieved 2021-09-22.
  3. ^ "FNDMNTLS - Leticia Bufoni". Beats by Dre. Retrieved 2019-07-23.
  4. ^ "No. 25: Leticia Bufoni". Forbes. Retrieved 2019-07-23.
  5. ^ Ain, Morty (2015-07-06). "Skateboarder Leticia Bufoni bares all". espn.go.com. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
  6. ^ Goyanes, Cristina (2014-06-02). "Skateboarder Leticia Bufoni's Journey to the X Games Austin". shape.com. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
  7. ^ a b "The "GIZMO" Interviews: Leticia Bufoni". www.thrashermagazine.com. Retrieved 2019-07-23.
  8. ^ "Skateboarder Leticia Bufoni: 'I'm going to skate forever'". ESPN.com. 2015-07-06. Retrieved 2019-07-23.
  9. ^ "What It Takes to Be a Hard-Core Skateboarder". Shape. Retrieved 2021-09-22.
  10. ^ a b Hendrixx, Eric (2015-08-25). "Leticia Bufoni on the Perils of Skating Naked". rollingstone.com. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
  11. ^ a b c "Leticia Bufoni's official X Games athlete biography". X Games. Retrieved 2019-07-23.
  12. ^ Book, Guinness (2017-04-01). "Most wins World Cup Skateboarding World Rankings (Street, female)". guinnessworldrecords.com. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  13. ^ League, Street (2015-10-04). "Leticia Bufoni Makes History As The First Womens Super Crown Champ". streetleague.com. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  14. ^ Ain, Morty (2015-07-06). "Leticia Bufoni: 'I'm going to skate forever'". espn.com. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
  15. ^ Jacqui Palumbo. "New York's radical female and non-binary skateboarders -- in photos". CNN. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
  16. ^ Glass, Alana (2015-03-27). "The Most Powerful Women In International Sports". forbes.com. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  17. ^ Long, Michael (2018-09-05). "Paul Pogba named world's most marketable athlete of 2018". Sportspromedia.com. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  18. ^ Magazine, Forbes (2018-12-19). "10 destaques brasileiros abaixo dos 30 anos". forbes.uol.com.br. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  19. ^ "USCIS on LinkedIn: #NewUSCitizen". www.linkedin.com. Retrieved 2021-04-08.

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