Poppy Starr Olsen

Australian professional skateboarder

  • 2019 Vans Park Series Oceania Regionals: Women's park – Gold
National finals
  • 2019 Skate Australia National Park Championships: Women's park – Gold
  • 2020 Skate Australia National Park Championships: Women's park – Gold
Medal record
Women's park skateboarding
Representing  Australia
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Nanjing Park
X Games
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Minneapolis

Poppy Starr Olsen (born 1 June 2000) is an Australian regular-footed professional skateboarder.

Skateboarding career

Olsen became world champion in the over-14 age group in 2014 and in the over-15 age group in 2015.[2][3] In 2016, she won the professional division of the Vans Combi Classic and became the first female Australian to compete in the Summer X Games.[4]

Olsen qualified for and competed in the X Games Minneapolis 2017, taking out a bronze medal in women's park.[5]

In July 2021, Olsen was named as part of Australia's inaugural Olympic skateboarding team to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[6] She competed in the Skateboarding at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's park. She came sixth in the Preliminary Heats and therefore competed in the final. She finished fifth.[7] Full details are in Australia at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

References

  1. ^ "Olympic World Skateboarding Rankings – Park, Female". World Skate. 30 June 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  2. ^ Patterson, Robbie (11 December 2014). "Poppy Olsen named skateboarding world champ". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  3. ^ Moran, Jonathon (9 December 2015). "Skate star Poppy is on a roll". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  4. ^ Valentine, Renee (13 June 2016). "Poppy standing tall". Newcastle Herald. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  5. ^ "X Games Minneapolis 2017 – Women's Skateboard Park". X Games. 15 July 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  6. ^ Travers, Brianna (2 July 2021). "Olympics 2021: Australia names inaugural skateboarding team". Herald Sun. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Australian Olympic Team for Tokyo 2021". The Roar. Retrieved 21 March 2022.

External links

  • Poppy Starr Olsen at Olympedia Edit this at Wikidata
  • Poppy Starr Olsen at The Boardr
  • Poppy Starr Olsen at the X Games (archived)
  • The blurred lines of art and skateboarding | Poppy Starr Olsen (2014) (Video) at TEDx Talks on YouTube
  • Poppy Starr Olsen wins Women's Skateboard Park bronze at X Games Minneapolis 2017 (Video) at YouTube


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