 Olsen speaking at TEDx Ultimo in 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (2000-06-01)1 June 2000 (age 25) Sydney, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Professional skateboarder | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | poppystarr.com | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Skateboarding | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Regular-footed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | 4th(June 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Park, bowl | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Olympic finals | 2020 Summer Olympics:Women's park – 5th | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Regional finals |
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| National finals |
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Medal record
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Poppy Starr Olsen (born 1 June 2000) is an Australianregular-footed professionalskateboarder.
Olsen became world champion in the over-14 age group in 2014 and in the over-15 age group in 2015.[2][3] In 2016, she won the professional division of the Vans Combi Classic and became the first female Australian to compete in theSummer X Games.[4]
Olsen qualified for and competed in theX Games Minneapolis 2017, taking out a bronze medal in women's park.[5]
In July 2021, Olsen was named as part of Australia's inaugural Olympic skateboarding team to compete at the2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[6] She competed in theSkateboarding at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's park. She came sixth in the Preliminary Heats and therefore competed in the final. She finished fifth.[7] Full details are inAustralia at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
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