Naia Laso (born November 19, 2008) is a Spanish skateboarder. She represented Spain at the 2024 Summer Olympics. Laso is a three-time Spanish skateboarding national champion.[3]

Naia Laso
Personal information
Born (2008-11-19) 19 November 2008 (age 16)[1]
Bermeo, Spain
Sport
CountrySpain
SportSkateboarding
Rank15th[2]
EventPark
Medal record
Women's park skateboarding
Representing  Spain
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Rome Park

Career

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Laso competed at the 2023 World Skateboarding Championship in Rome. During the qualification round she had the highest score of 83.18 points.[4][5] She finished the championship in fifth place.[1]

In March 2024, she won the World Skate Tour (WST) stop in Dubai, with a score of 93.46 points.[6][7] Following the 2024 Olympic Qualifier Series, Laso qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics.[8][9] During the park event at the Olympics she finished in seventh place with a score of 86.28 points.[10]

In September 2024, she competed at the 2024 World Skateboarding Championship.[11] During the qualification round she had the highest score of 88.21 points.[12] During the finals she won a bronze medal with a score of 90.14 points.[13]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Naia Laso". oympics.com. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Olympic World Skateboarding Rankings – Park, Female". World Skate. 6 August 2024. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Naia Laso and Alain Kortabitarte are the Kings of Skateboarding in Spain". urbanworldseries.com. 28 November 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  4. ^ Burke, Patrick (5 October 2023). "Laso the surprise star of women's qualifying at WST Park World Championships". insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  5. ^ Merrell, Chloe (5 October 2023). "WST Rome Park World Championships 2023: Naia Laso tops women's open qualifier". oympics.com. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  6. ^ "WST Dubai Park 2024: Historic wins for Danny Leon and Naia Laso". insidethegames.biz. 4 March 2024. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  7. ^ Merrell, Chloe; Jiwani, Rory (3 March 2024). "WST Dubai Park 2024: "Super happy" Naio Laso wins women's final at Paris 2024 Olympic qualifier". oympics.com. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  8. ^ Bregman, Scott (13 March 2024). "Here are the athletes that will compete in park and street skateboarding at the Olympic Qualifier Series". oympics.com. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  9. ^ "Danny León, Alain Kortabitarte, Julia Benedetti, Naia Laso y Natalia Muñoz, skaters españoles en París 2024" (in Spanish). COPE. 22 June 2024. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  10. ^ García, Pío (7 August 2024). "Spanish teen skater earns Olympic diploma despite back injury". surinenglish.com. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  11. ^ Soriano, Daniel (19 September 2024). "Spanish teen Naia Laso masters the World Skate Games". insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
  12. ^ Merrell, Chloe (21 September 2024). "World Skate Games Italia 2024: Solid Naia Laso first through to women's park skateboarding final". oympics.com. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
  13. ^ Merrell, Chloe (22 September 2024). "World Skate Games Italia 2024: Raicca Ventura claims women's park skateboarding title". oympics.com. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
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