Toa Sasaki (born 28 February 2007) is a Japanese skateboarder. He is a World Skateboarding Championship gold medalist.
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| Born | 28 February 2007[1] | ||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Japan | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Skateboarding | ||||||||||||||
| Position | Regular-footed | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Street | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editFollowing the 2024 Olympic Qualifier Series, Sasaki was ranked in the top-ten of the world street skateboarding rankings, however, Japan already met its quota of three skaters, and as a result he didn't qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics.[2][3][4]
In September 2024, he competed at the World Skateboarding Championship. During the quarterfinals, he finished in 13th place with a score of 56.06.[5] During the semifinals he finished in seventh place with a score of 234.00 and advanced to the finals.[6] During the finals he won a gold medal with a score of 276.64, finishing over 11 points ahead of silver medalist Matías Dell Olio.[7][8]
References
edit- ^ "Toa Sasaki". boardriding.com. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
- ^ Kano, Shintaro (29 May 2024). "Olympic Qualifier Series: No easy way out from Budapest to Paris for Japan's skateboarders". oympics.com. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
- ^ "Skateboarding: Japanese face tight final battle for Olympic spots". Kyodo News. 19 June 2024. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
- ^ Kano, Shintaro (2 October 2024). "Sasaki Toa: After missing out on Paris 2024, new men's street world champion eyes LA 2028: 'I definitely want to be there'". oympics.com. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
- ^ Merrell, Chloe (13 September 2024). "World Skate Games Italia 2024: Gustavo Ribeiro misses out as men's street semi-final field is set". oympics.com. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
- ^ Merrell, Chloe (14 September 2024). "World Skate Games Italia 2024: JC Gonzalez tops men's street skateboarding semi-final, Kelvin Hoefler advances". oympics.com. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
- ^ Merrell, Chloe (14 September 2024). "Sasaki Toa claims men's street skateboarding world title with dominant display". oympics.com. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
- ^ "Skateboarding: Toa Sasaki wins Japan's 3rd men's street world title". Kyodo News. 15 September 2024. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
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