 Liz Akama on November 30, 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Native name | 赤間 凛音 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (2009-01-08)8 January 2009 (age 16) Sendai,Miyagi Prefecture, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Skateboarding | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | 2nd[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Street | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Liz Akama (赤間 凛音,Akama Rizu; born 8 January 2009) is a Japaneseskateboarder who won a silver medal in women'sstreet skateboarding at the2024 Summer Olympics.[2][3]
She began skateboarding in second grade with encouragement from her father, who was asurfer.[4] Aside from her Olympic medal, she has also captured three silver medals and two bronze medals at theX Games.[4][5]
