Vanessa Torres (born July 17, 1986, in Anaheim, California) is a professional skateboarder. She is sponsored by Meow Skateboards[1] and is the first woman to win X Games gold.[2]
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| Born | July 17, 1986 Anaheim, California, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 120 lb (54 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Skateboarding | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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In 2003 the X Games first featured female skateboarding competitions; Torres placed first, winning gold, in the street event (then called Park).[3] Torres won silver in the X Games Street Competition in 2004 and placed in the top ten in 2005–2011 and 2014.[citation needed][4] In 2015 at the X Games in Austin and 2016 at the X Games in Oslo, Torres won bronze. She again placed in the top ten in 2016 and 2017.[5]
She is featured in several women's skateboarding videos such as AKA: Girl Skater (2003), Getting Nowhere Faster (2004), and Quit Your Day Job (2014). She also appears in the video game Tony Hawk's Proving Ground, making her the third female as a playable skater to appear in the Tony Hawk's video game series after Elissa Steamer and Lyn-Z Adams Hawkins.
Torres is of Mexican descent from Modesto, California.[6][2] She dropped out of high school to pursue skateboarding.[2] She splits her personal time living in San Diego and San Francisco, California.[7]
| Name of Skatepark | City | State |
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| Belvedere | East Los Angeles | California |
| Sheldon | Sun Valley | California |
| Santa Clarita | Santa Clarita | California |
| Sunnyvale | Sunnyvale | California |
| Ceres | Ceres | California |
| SoMa | San Francisco | California |
| Potrero del Sol/La Raza | San Francisco | California |
References
edit- ^ Skateboards, Meow. "Vanessa Torres". Meow Skateboards. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
- ^ a b c d Burns, James (June 13, 2015). "Former Modesto skater Torres sobers up, returns to X Games podium". The Modesto Bee. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
- ^ Roenigk, Alyssa (August 15, 2003). "Torres Take Gold". Archived from the original on June 26, 2004.
- ^ "The complete list of X Games skateboarding medallists".
- ^ "Vanessa Torres's official X Games athlete biography". X Games. Archived from the original on March 7, 2019. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
- ^ "Vanessa Torres". Archived from the original on February 4, 2013. Retrieved November 30, 2012.
- ^ "ProQuest Archiver: Titles".[dead link]
External links
edit- Vanessa Torres at IMDb
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- Vanessa Torres at the X Games (archived)
- Vanessa Torres at The Boardr
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