Letícia Bufoni

Letícia Bufoni e Silva
Personal information
Birth name Letícia Bufoni e Silva
Born (1993-04-13) April 13, 1993[1]
São Paulo, Brazil
Residence Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Height 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)
Weight 98 lb (44 kg)
Sport
Country  Brazil
Sport Skateboarding
Medal record
Women's skateboarding
Summer X Games
Representing  Brazil
2010 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

Letícia Bufoni e Silva (born April 13, 1993) is a Brazilian professional street skateboarder.

Early life

Bufoni was born in São Paulo, Brazil.[1] She began skating at age 9[2] and her grandmother bought her first skateboard when she was 11.[3]

She attended Hollywood High School, but left after missing so much school that she was in danger of being kicked out.[4]

Career

When Letícia was 14 she came to Southern California to compete in the X Games.[4] During that trip, she was skating at Element Skate Camp and practicing a trick (an inward heel flip[2]). Her dad said that if she landed it, she could stay in California. She got it right on the next try.[4] She got sponsored and decided to remain in California. Both she and her family knew if she was to be world class she had to be in the heart of the action. She has been competing as a professional skateboarder ever since. She lives in Los Angeles, California and is fluent in both Portuguese and English. Leticia remains very close to her family and spends a few months each year in Brazil.[1]
Leticia has been ranked the #1 women’s street skateboarder by World Cup Skate four years in a row 2010-2013. In 2013, she became the only female athlete to win three X Games Gold Medals in the same year and was nominated for an ESPY Award.
Forbes has named Leticia Bufoni one of [5] The Most Powerful Women In International Sports for 2018 (#25) and recently made [6] Sports Pro Media's list for The World’s Most Marketable Athletes for 2018 (#41).

Endorsements

Bufoni was first sponsored by Osiris Shoes back in 2008 when she appeared in their video "Children of the Revolution."[7] In 2013 Osiris released a limited-edition Bufoni shoe as part of their Range Rider collection.[8] In 2014 Bufoni signed exclusive shoe sponsorship deal and clothing contract with Nike.[7]

Current Partner list : Nike SB, Red Bull, GoPro, Beats By Dre, Plan B Skateboards, Venture Trucks, Bones Wheels, Boarders for Breast Cancer, Grizzly Griptape, Allroad Mobile, Oi Brasil and Petrobras. (as of June 2018).[7]

Awards

Nickelodeon 2016 Kids' Choice Sports Awards - 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.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "International Skateboarding Federation - Leticia Bufoni". Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  2. 1 2 Ain, Morty (2015-07-06). "Skateboarder Leticia Bufoni bares all". espn.go.com. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
  3. ↑ Goyanes, Cristina (2014-06-02). "Skateboarder Leticia Bufoni's Journey to the X Games Austin". shape.com. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 Hendrixx, Eric (2015-08-25). "Leticia Bufoni on the Perils of Skating Naked". rollingstone.com. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
  5. ↑ Glass, Alana (2015-03-27). "The Most Powerful Women In International Sports 2018". forbes.com. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  6. ↑ Long, Michael (2018-09-05). "Paul Pogba named world's most marketable athlete of 2018". Sportspromedia.com. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  7. 1 2 3 Bane, Colin (2014-05-31). "X Games gold medalist Leticia Bufoni joins Nike SB team". xgames.espn.go.com. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
  8. ↑ "Osiris to release Leticia Bufoni skate shoe in 2013". xgames.espn.go.com. 2012-07-18. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
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