Lizzie Armanto

Lizzie Armanto
In Copenhagen, 2015
Personal information
Full name Elizabeth Marika Armanto
Born (1993-01-26) January 26, 1993[1]
Ventura County, California, U.S.[2][3]
Sport
Country  United States
Sport Skateboarding
Medal record
Summer X Games
Representing  United States
2016 AustinPark

Elizabeth Marika Armanto (born January 26, 1993) is an American professional skateboarder.

Career

Lizzie hails from Santa Monica, California. She started skating in 2007 with her younger brother and developed a love for skating bowls and vert, For 2010-2012, she placed first overall in the World Cup of Skateboarding points race. Lizzie has won over 30 skateboarding awards. In 2013, Lizzie won gold at the first ever Women’s Skateboard Park event at X Games in Barcelona, Spain and also won the 2014 Van Doren Invitational in Huntington Beach, California.[4][3] In 2018, she became the first female skater to complete The Loop, a 360-degree ramp.[5]

Video game appearances

Armanto is a playable character in the video games Tony Hawk's Shred Session and Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5.

References

  1. ↑ Network, Girls Skate. "Lizzie Armanto".
  2. ↑ "Elizabeth Marika Armanto, Born 01/26/1993 in California - CaliforniaBirthIndex.org". www.californiabirthindex.org.
  3. 1 2 "Lizzie Armanto". lizziearmanto.com.
  4. ↑ "International Skateboarding Federation - Lizzie Armanto". internationalskateboardingfederation.com.
  5. ↑ "Watch a woman complete Tony Hawk's famous skateboarding loop". The Irish News. Retrieved 2018-08-27.


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