{"id":288812,"date":"2021-07-01T21:28:56","date_gmt":"2021-07-01T18:28:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/skateboarder-to-be-britains-youngest-summer-olympian\/"},"modified":"2021-07-01T21:28:56","modified_gmt":"2021-07-01T18:28:56","slug":"skateboarder-to-be-britains-youngest-summer-olympian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/skateboarder-to-be-britains-youngest-summer-olympian\/","title":{"rendered":"#Skateboarder to be Britain\u2019s youngest Summer Olympian"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Skateboarder to be Britain\u2019s youngest Summer Olympian<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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LONDON \u2014 Skateboarder Sky Brown will become Britain\u2019s youngest Summer Olympian in Tokyo and hopes to inspire other girls.<\/p>\n

Brown will be 13 years, 11 days old when the Olympics open on July 23, surpassing the British record of Margery Hinton, who was 31 days older when she swam in Amsterdam in 1928.<\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone around the world will be watching and I feel like if I\u2019m the little one in there going big, hopefully they (girls) will think, \u2018Maybe I can do it,\u2019 and I can show the world how fun and creative skateboarding is,\u201d she told the BBC.<\/p>\n

Her selection in the British team was confirmed on Thursday. She will be joined by 14-year-old teammate Bombette Martin when skateboarding makes its Olympic debut.<\/p>\n

Brown, who was born in Japan, won a bronze medal in the park discipline at the 2019 world championships in Sao Paulo and ranked third after qualification events.<\/p>\n

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Sky Brown of Great Britain looks on during the Women\u2019s Park Semifinal at the Dew Tour on May 21, 2021 in Des Moines, Iowa.<\/figcaption>
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A year ago, aged 11, Brown broke her skull and left arm jumping from a half-pipe ramp in training.<\/p>\n

\u201cI recovered really fast and getting back on the board, I wasn\u2019t scared at all, I was excited,\u201d she said. \u201cI actually felt stronger after that. I wanted to do more things \u2014 I did the mega-ramp after that.\u201d<\/p>\n

In her first competition since then in May, she was runner-up in a tour event in Iowa. Her Olympic event is on Aug. 4.<\/p>\n

Martin was born in New York but spent much of her childhood in Birmingham. She qualified in 18th place after the qualification campaign.<\/p>\n

Britain\u2019s youngest overall Olympian remains Cecilia Colledge, who was 11 when she competed in figure skating at the 1932 Winter Game<\/a>s.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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