Aori Nishimura (西村 碧莉, Nishimura Aori, born 31 July 2001) is a regular-footed Japanese professional street skateboarder.[2] Nishimura represented Japan in the women's street event at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.[3]
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| Native name | 西村 碧莉 (Kanji) にしむら あおり (Kana) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Japanese | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 31 July 2001 Edogawa, Tokyo, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Skateboarder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Skateboarding | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Regular-footed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | 3rd[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Street | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Olympic finals | 8th (2020) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Biography
editBorn in Edogawa, Tokyo in Japan, Aori Nishimura started skating at the age of 7, in 2008.[4]
She made her professional debut when she was in fifth grade in a tournament organized by the All-Japan Skateboarding Association.
Professional skateboarding
editIn 2017, Nishimura won the Japan National Skateboarding Championship. Furthermore, she was the first athlete from Japan to win gold at the X Games Minneapolis 2017 extreme sports event held in Minneapolis.[5]
In October 2017, three months after her victory, Nishimura suffered an ACL injury in her left knee for which she had to undergo reconstructive ligament surgery and temporarily move away from skateboarding. After six months of rehabilitation, she returned to training in June 2018 and returned to competitions in July 2018.
She was invited to the Dew Tour Long Beach tournament, where she was eighth among the eight participants. On that occasion she expressed her dissatisfaction with the results obtained; however, that same month, she would achieve an evolution and take the silver medal in the X Games Minneapolis 2018, where Mariah Duran took first place.[6]
In January 2019, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, she was crowned world skateboarding champion in the World Skateboarding Championship, which was jointly organized by World Skate and Street League Skateboarding (SLS). Nishimura eclipsed hometown favorite, Letícia Bufoni, who won the silver medal.[7]
Nishimura appears as one of the new playable skateboarders in the 2020 game Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2.[8]
Awards
edit- Bronze medal - World Skateboarding Championship (São Paulo, 2019)
- Gold medal - X Games Norway (2019)
- Gold medal - X Games Minneapolis (2019)[9]
- Women's world champion of street skateboarding (Street League Skateboarding Tournament, Rio, 2018)[10]
- Silver medal - X Games Minneapolis 2018[6]
- Bronze medal - X Games Sydney - (2018)
- Japanese street skateboarding champion (2017)
- Gold medal - X Games Minneapolis 2017
Personal life
editAori has two sisters, who are also dedicated to skateboarding: Sana and Kotone.[11]
On 21 November 2020, she confirmed that she and Brazilian professional skateboarder Lucas Rabelo, from the Flip Skateboards Pro Team, had been dating for a year. The couple has been together since November 2019.[12]
References
edit- ^ "Olympic World Skateboarding Rankings – Street, Female". World Skate. 30 June 2021. Archived from the original on 27 July 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
- ^ "Aori Nishimura's official X Games athlete biography". X Games. Archived from the original on 11 March 2022. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
- ^ Wagoner, Mackenzie. "Skateboarding Is Now An Olympic Sport – And These Girls Are Its Biggest Stars". British Vogue. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
- ^ "西村 碧莉（にしむら あおり）さん（スケートボード）". 江戸川区 (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 23 July 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
- ^ "Leticia Bufoni e Kelvin Hoefler ficam com o vice no Mundial de skate street". Folha de S.Paulo (in Brazilian Portuguese). 13 January 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
- ^ a b "X Games Women's Street Results 2018". Girls Skate Network. 21 July 2018. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
- ^ "Girl is NOT a 4 Letter Word". Retrieved 27 May 2019.
- ^ "Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2 Skaters list: All secret skaters, outfits and every character in Pro Skater listed". Eurogamer.net. 4 September 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
- ^ "Women's Skateboard Street Results". XGames.com. XGames. Archived from the original on 26 July 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
- ^ "Teen skateboarder Aori Nishimura nabs women's title at world tour final stage". The Japan Times Online. 15 January 2019. ISSN 0447-5763. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
- ^ "'Joy and Sorrow 2' - more female skateboarding madness from Japan!". Sidewalk Skateboarding.
- ^ "Aori Nishimura". Instagram. 21 November 2020. Archived from the original on 26 December 2021. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
1 year with my love 💛 Thank you for everything ✨ I love you so much @lucasrabelo 📱👏💛 You are the best boyfriend!!!!
External links
edit- Aori Nishimura at The Boardr
- Aori Nishimura at SPoT
- Aori Nishimura at the X Games (archive)
- Meet Japanese prodigy Aori Nishimura at Olympic Channel (Video)
- Aori Nishimura at Olympics.com
- Aori Nishimura at Olympedia
- Aori Nishimura on Instagram
