Letícia Bufoni

Letícia Bufoni e Silva (born April 13, 1993)[1] is a Brazilian-American[2] professional street skateboarder. She is a six-time X Games gold medalist.[3] She has 4.4 million fans across Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.[4]

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Bufoni and the second or paternal family name is Silva.
Letícia Bufoni e Silva
Personal information
Birth nameLetícia Bufoni e Silva
Born (1993-04-13) April 13, 1993[1]
São Paulo, Brazil
OccupationSkateboarder
Years active2002–present
Height5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)
Weight110 lb (50 kg)
Sport
Country Brazil
SportSkateboarding
Turned pro2017
Medal record
Women's skateboarding
Representing  Brazil
World Skateboarding Championship
2015 Chicago Skateboard Street
2016 Los Angeles Skateboard Street
2017 Los Angeles Skateboard Street
2018 Rio de Janeiro Skateboard Street
Summer X Games
2010 Los Angeles Skateboard Street
2011 Los Angeles Skateboard Street
2012 Los Angeles Skateboard Street
2013 Foz do Iguaçu Skateboard Street
2013 Barcelona Real Women
2013 Los Angeles Skateboard Street
2014 Austin Skateboard Street
2017 Minneapolis Skateboard Street
2018 Norway Skateboard Street
2018 Sydney Skateboard Street
2019 Shanghai Skateboard Street
2021 California Skateboard Street

Early life

Bufoni was born in São Paulo, Brazil.[1] She began skating at age 9,[5] and her grandmother bought her first skateboard when she was 11.[6]

“I grew up in the street playing sports all the time. We didn't have computers, no smart phones. All of the kids started skating so I did too.”[7]

“My dad broke my board so I wouldn't skate anymore. I started when I was 9 years old; I was skating with all the guys in my neighborhood, and he was mad at me because I was the only girl in the middle of 10 guys. He smashed my board in front of me and said; You're not skating anymore, ever again.”[8] Her father eventually relented.[7]

At the age of 14, Bufoni moved to the United States with older friends.[9] She attended Hollywood High School, but left after missing so much school that she was in danger of being expelled.[10]

Career

In 2007, Bufoni competed in her first X Games at the age of 14 in Los Angeles.[10]

She is a five-time X Games gold medalist. She tied Elissa Steamer's decade-old record for most gold in Women's SKB Street with her win at XG Shanghai 2019. Overall she earned six straight medals in X Games Women's SKB Street (2010–2014) as well as the title at Shanghai 2019.[11]

She has become one of the best-known and most influential action sports athletes in the world.[11] Bufoni was ranked the #1 women's street skateboarder by World Cup of Skateboarding four years in a row 2010–2013 and appeared in [12] The Guinness Book of World Records (2017) for the "Most Wins Of The World Cup of Skateboarding. In 2013, was nominated for an ESPY Award – Best Female Action Sports Athlete.

In 2015, she won the first Street League Skateboarding Women's SLS Super Crown World Championship in Chicago, IL.[13] She also appeared in the ESPN Magazine – The Body Issue.[14] She was also the first female skater to sign for Nike SB in 2015.[15]

In 2018, Forbes named Bufoni one of The Most Powerful Women In International Sports for 2018 (#25)[16] and made Sports Pro Media's list for The World's Most Marketable Athletes for 2018 (#41).[17] Further in 2018, she was named to the Forbes Brazil "Under 30" list.[18] She has 3.4 million followers across Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.

Bufoni is the official athlete representative for World Skate, the International Olympic Committee-recognized governing body for Skateboarding.[11]

Personal life

On April 7, 2021, Bufoni became a citizen of the United States.[19]

Competitions

Awards

Nickelodeon 2016 Kids' Choice Sports – Queen Of Swag

Cartoon Network 2014 Hall of Game Awards – She Got Game

Video game appearances

Bufoni is a playable character in the video game Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5.

She is also in the new game, Tony Hawk Pro Skater 1 & 2, a remastered and updated version of the original Pro Skater games, which has an updated roster of playable skaters.

Music video appearances

Bufoni plays a featured role in the music video for Snapback by Old Dominion.

References
  1. "International Skateboarding Federation - Leticia Bufoni". Archived from the original on 7 January 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  2. "USCIS on LinkedIn: #NewUSCitizen | 13 comments". www.linkedin.com. Retrieved 2021-09-22.
  3. "FNDMNTLS - Leticia Bufoni". Beats by Dre. Retrieved 2019-07-23.
  4. "No. 25: Leticia Bufoni". Forbes. Retrieved 2019-07-23.
  5. Ain, Morty (2015-07-06). "Skateboarder Leticia Bufoni bares all". espn.go.com. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
  6. Goyanes, Cristina (2014-06-02). "Skateboarder Leticia Bufoni's Journey to the X Games Austin". shape.com. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
  7. "The "GIZMO" Interviews: Leticia Bufoni". www.thrashermagazine.com. Retrieved 2019-07-23.
  8. "Skateboarder Leticia Bufoni: 'I'm going to skate forever'". ESPN.com. 2015-07-06. Retrieved 2019-07-23.
  9. "What It Takes to Be a Hard-Core Skateboarder". Shape. Retrieved 2021-09-22.
  10. Hendrixx, Eric (2015-08-25). "Leticia Bufoni on the Perils of Skating Naked". rollingstone.com. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
  11. "Leticia Bufoni's official X Games athlete biography". X Games. Retrieved 2019-07-23.
  12. Book, Guinness (2017-04-01). "Most wins World Cup Skateboarding World Rankings (Street, female)". guinnessworldrecords.com. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  13. League, Street (2015-10-04). "Leticia Bufoni Makes History As The First Womens Super Crown Champ". streetleague.com. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  14. Ain, Morty (2015-07-06). "Leticia Bufoni: 'I'm going to skate forever'". espn.com. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
  15. Jacqui Palumbo. "New York's radical female and non-binary skateboarders -- in photos". CNN. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
  16. Glass, Alana (2015-03-27). "The Most Powerful Women In International Sports". forbes.com. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  17. Long, Michael (2018-09-05). "Paul Pogba named world's most marketable athlete of 2018". Sportspromedia.com. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  18. Magazine, Forbes (2018-12-19). "10 destaques brasileiros abaixo dos 30 anos". forbes.uol.com.br. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  19. "USCIS on LinkedIn: #NewUSCitizen". www.linkedin.com. Retrieved 2021-04-08.
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