Augusto Akio
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| Full name | Augusto Akio Takahashi dos Santos[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Japinha[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 December 2000 Curitiba, Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Skateboarding | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Augusto Akio Takahashi dos Santos (born 12 December 2000) is a Brazilian skateboarder specializing in park skateboarding.[3][4][1]
Career
[edit]He began to stand out on the national skateboarding scene when he was just 11 years old. In 2019, he won bronze at the Vert World Championship held in Barcelona, but did not make it past the World Park Championship qualifiers, in São Paulo. He placed 6th in the final of the X Games in Minneapolis 2019. He failed to qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Games.[5][2]
At the 2022 World Skateboarding Championship, he won the silver medal in the Men's park.[6]
At the 2023 Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile, he won the silver medal in the Men's park.[7] At the 2024 Summer Olympics, Augusto won the bronze medal in the men's park skateboarding competition.[8]
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In September 2024, Akio became world champion in the skate park, with his compatriot Pedro Barros as runner-up. [9]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Skatista de 18 anos leva moto zero em desafio na piscina em Caçapava". www.uol.com.br.
- 1 2 "Augusto Akio (Japinha) – Skate Vert Brasa".
- ↑ "Augusto Akio". www.cbsk.com.br (in Portuguese). Retrieved 14 November 2023.
- ↑ "Park Masculino page 16". www.redbull.com.br (in Portuguese). Retrieved 14 November 2023.
- ↑ "Olhar Olímpico - Bronze olímpico, Augusto Akio brilha no skate e traz lições do malabarismo". www.uol.com.br.
- ↑ "Augusto Akio é vice-campeão mundial de skate park; Pedro Barros é bronze". ge. 12 February 2023.
- ↑ "Raicca Ventura e Augusto Akio garantem a prata no skate park do Pan". Terra.
- ↑ "Augusto Akio voa na última volta e leva o bronze no skate park das Olimpíadas". ge. 7 August 2024.
- ↑ "Augusto Akio é campeão mundial de skate park e Pedro Barros é vice". ge. 22 September 2024.
External links
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Media related to Augusto Akio at Wikimedia Commons- Augusto Akio at Olympics.com
- Augusto Akio at the Comitê Olímpico do Brasil (in Portuguese)
- Augusto Akio on Instagram
- 2000 births
- 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen
- Brazilian people of Japanese descent
- Sportspeople of Japanese descent
- Brazilian skateboarders
- Living people
- Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for Brazil
- Olympic medalists in skateboarding
- Olympic skateboarders for Brazil
- Pan American Games medalists in roller skating
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Brazil
- Skateboarders at the 2023 Pan American Games
- Skateboarders at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Curitiba
- World Skateboarding Championship medalists
- X Games competitors