| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Augusto Akio Takahashi dos Santos [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Japinha [2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 December 2000 Curitiba, Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country |  Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Skateboarding | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Augusto Akio Takahashi dos Santos (born 12 December 2000) is a Brazilian skateboarder who is specialized in Park Skateboarding.[3][4][5]
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.[6][7]
At the 2022 World Skateboarding Championship, he won the silver medal in the Men's park.[8]
At the 2023 Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile, he won the silver medal in the Men's park.[9]
References
- ^ Skatista de 18 anos leva moto zero em desafio na piscina em Caçapava
- ^ Japinha profile
- ^ "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.
- ^ Skatista de 18 anos leva moto zero em desafio na piscina em Caçapava
- ^ Vice mundial, Augusto brilha no skate e traz lições do malabarismo pra vida
- ^ Japinha profile
- ^ Augusto Akio é vice-campeão mundial de skate park; Pedro Barros é bronze
- ^ Raicca Ventura e Augusto Akio garantem a prata no skate park do Pan
This page was last edited on 10 February 2024, at 01:56