Letícia Bufoni facts for kids
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| Birth name | Letícia Bufoni e Silva | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | April 13, 1993 São Paulo, Brazil |
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| Residence | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Skateboarder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years active | 2002–present | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 97 lb (44 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Brazil |
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| Sport | Skateboarding | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turned pro | 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Letícia Bufoni e Silva, born on April 13, 1993, is an amazing professional skateboarder from Brazil and the United States. She is famous for winning six gold medals at the X Games, which are like the Olympics for action sports!
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Early Life and Skating Beginnings
Letícia was born in São Paulo, Brazil. She started skateboarding when she was nine years old. Her grandmother even bought her first skateboard when she was 11!
Letícia remembers growing up playing sports outside all the time. She said, "All of the kids started skating, so I did too."
At first, her dad wasn't happy about her skateboarding because she was the only girl skating with many boys. He even broke her skateboard once! But he soon realized how much she loved it and let her keep skating.
When she was 14, Letícia moved to the United States with older friends to follow her skateboarding dreams. She went to Hollywood High School for a while.
Skateboarding Career Highlights
Letícia Bufoni is one of the most well-known and important athletes in action sports. She first competed in the X Games in Los Angeles when she was just 14 years old in 2007.
She has won five X Games gold medals in women's street skateboarding. She even tied a record for the most gold medals in this event at X Games Shanghai in 2019. From 2010 to 2014, she won six medals in a row at the X Games!
Letícia was ranked the number one women's street skateboarder by the World Cup of Skateboarding for four years in a row, from 2010 to 2013. She is even in The Guinness Book of World Records for having the "Most Wins Of The World Cup of Skateboarding." In 2013, she was nominated for an ESPY Award for Best Female Action Sports Athlete.
In 2015, Letícia won the first Street League Skateboarding Women's SLS Super Crown World Championship in Chicago. That same year, she was the first female skateboarder to sign with Nike SB, a big step for women in skateboarding.
In 2018, Forbes magazine named her one of the most powerful women in international sports. She was also on Sports Pro Media's list of the world's most marketable athletes.
In 2022, Letícia set a new world record, confirmed by Guinness World Records. She performed the highest skateboard grind outside a flying airplane! This amazing feat happened over Merced, California, from a C-130 transport plane flying at over 9,000 feet. A video of this went viral in 2023.
Letícia is also the official athlete representative for World Skate. This group helps manage skateboarding for the Olympic Games.
Racing Adventures
Letícia has always loved racing. When she was younger, she raced go-karts near her skate park in Brazil. After moving to America, she focused on skateboarding, but she still enjoys racing supercars when she can. In 2020, she even built her own drift car.
In 2022, as she started to do less competitive skating, she began racing in Nitro Rallycross. She raced in the side-by-side class and did very well, even without much practice. She competed in the full 2023-24 Nitrocross SxS season and finished fifth overall.
In October 2023, Letícia also tried desert racing at the NORRA 500. She shared a modified Nissan Frontier truck with Chris Forsberg and they won their class!
Personal Life
On April 7, 2021, Letícia Bufoni became a citizen of the United States.
Major Competitions and Awards
Letícia has achieved many wins and awards throughout her career:
Competition Wins
- 2015: 1st Place at Far'n High Women's Finals in Paris, France
- 2015: 1st Place at Excellent Mystic Skate Cup Women's Street in Prague, Czech Republic
- 2015: 1st Place at Street League Super Crown Women's Finals in Chicago, USA
- 2016: 1st Place at Far'n' High Women's Finals in Paris, France
- 2016: 1st Place at Mystic Sk8 Cup Women's Open in Prague, Czech Republic
- 2018: 1st Place at X Games Norway Skateboard Street in Oslo, Norway
- 2019: 1st Place at X Games Skateboard Street in Shanghai, China
- 2021: 1st Place at X Games Skateboard Street in Vista, California, USA
Awards and Recognition
- 2016: Nickelodeon 2016 Kids' Choice Sports - Queen Of Swag
- 2014: Cartoon Network Hall of Game Awards - She Got Game
See also
In Spanish: Letícia Bufoni para niños
