Sky Brown facts for kids

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Sky Brown
スカイ・ブラウン

Brown at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Born	(2008-07-07) 7 July 2008 (age 17) Miyazaki, Japan
Years active	2016–present
Japanese name
Kanji	ブラウン 澄海
Kana	ブラウン スカイ
Sport
Country	Great Britain
Sport	Skateboarding
Position	Goofy footed
Rank	4th (2024)
Event(s)	Park
Medal record Women's park skateboarding Representing  Great Britain Olympic Games Bronze 2020 Tokyo Park Bronze 2024 Paris Park World Championships Bronze 2019 São Paulo Park Gold 2023 Sharjah Park X Games Gold 2021 California Park Gold 2022 California Park Silver 2024 Chiba Park Dew Tour Silver 2021 Des Moines Park Gold 2022 Des Moines Park

Sky Brown, born on July 7, 2008, is an amazing British-Japanese athlete. She's a professional skateboarder and surfer who competes for Great Britain. Sky became the youngest professional skateboarder in the world! She also won the American TV show Dancing with the Stars: Juniors.

Sky represented Great Britain at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. There, she won a bronze medal in the park skateboarding event. This made her the youngest ever Olympic medallist for Great Britain. She won another bronze medal in the same event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. Sky also won the 2023 World Skateboarding Championship in the park event.

Early Life and Family

Sky Brown was born in Miyazaki, Japan. Her mother, Mieko, is Japanese, and her father, Stuart, is British. Sky has a younger brother named Ocean Brown. Her Japanese name can be written in different ways.

Sky's father lived in the United States before moving to Japan. Sky lives in Miyazaki, but she spends about half the year in the US. Her whole family loves skateboarding. Her preschool even had a skate park! Sky has a skating ramp in her backyard because there are no skate parks in her hometown of Takanabe, Miyazaki. Besides skateboarding, Sky also loves to surf.

Skateboarding Journey

Sky Brown doesn't have a skateboarding coach. Instead, she learns new tricks by watching videos on YouTube. She sometimes practices with Shaun White, a famous Olympic snowboarding champion.

Starting Competitions (2016–2017)

In 2016, when she was just 8 years old, Sky competed in the Vans US Open. This made her the youngest person ever to compete at that event. In 2017, she placed second in the Asian Continental Finals. She also finished in the top 10 at the 2018 Vans Park Series.

Becoming a Pro (2018)

In 2018, at the age of 10, Sky became a professional athlete. This made her the youngest professional skateboarder in the world. That same year, she won the US TV show Dancing with the Stars: Juniors.

Joining Team GB (2019)

In February 2019, Sky won the Simple Session event in Tallinn, Estonia. In March 2019, she announced that she would compete for Great Britain. She had thought about competing for Japan before. Sky said she liked the "more relaxed approach" of the British Skateboarding Association. She was one of five British athletes who received funding to help them qualify for the skateboarding events at the 2020 Summer Olympics. This was the first time skateboarding was included in the Olympic Games.

In 2019, Sky placed third in the park event at the World Skateboarding Championship in São Paulo. She also became the first female skateboarder to land a frontside 540 trick at the X Games. She finished fifth at the X Games skateboarding event that year.

Overcoming Injury (2020)

On May 28, 2020, while training in California, Sky had a very bad fall from a halfpipe ramp. She broke several bones in her skull and her left wrist and hand. She was taken to the hospital and was not responding when she arrived. Her father said she was "lucky to be alive." Sky herself said it was her worst fall ever. Even after this serious injury, she was still determined to push her limits and compete for a gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics.

Olympic Success and X Games Gold (2021)

In July 2021, Sky won the X Games women's skateboarding park gold medal.

Sky represented Great Britain in skateboarding at the 2020 Summer Olympics in August 2021. The Olympics had been delayed due to the pandemic. Sky was the youngest British Summer Olympian ever at 13 years old. She won the bronze medal in the women's park skateboarding event. This made her Great Britain’s youngest ever Olympic medal winner. She fell in her first two runs but scored 56.47 in her final attempt to win the medal.

Later in 2021, some of Sky's skateboards were put on display at the renovated Young V&A museum in London.

World Champion and More Wins (2022–2023)

In 2022, Sky won her X Games title again. She also won the Dew Tour event for the second year in a row. In 2023, she won the park event at the World Skateboarding Championship. This made her the first British skateboarding world champion!

Paris Olympics Bronze (2024)

In June 2024, Sky qualified for the park event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. She joined a team with Lola Tambling and Andy Macdonald. Sky and Lola were both 16, and Andy was 51, showing a wide age range on the team. Sky won her second Olympic bronze medal in Paris.

Surfing Ambitions

In April 2021, Sky said she was also thinking about trying to compete in surfing at the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics. However, she only competed in skateboarding at those Games.

In March 2024, she competed at the 2024 ISA World Surfing Games in Puerto Rico. She hoped to qualify for surfing at the 2024 Summer Olympics, in addition to skateboarding. She placed third in her heat, which was not enough to qualify for the Olympics in surfing.

Awards and Recognition

On December 19, 2021, Sky Brown won the BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year award. She was also nominated for this award in 2022 and 2024. In April 2022, she won the Comeback of the Year award at the Laureus World Sports Awards.

Sponsorships

In 2019, Sky became the youngest athlete ever sponsored by Nike. She has been in a Nike advertising campaign with famous athletes like Serena Williams and Simone Biles. She also gets support from Almost Skateboards and Skateistan.

Competition History

International Competitions

Representing  Great Britain

Year	Competition	Venue	Rank	Event
2019	World Championship	São Paulo, Brazil		Park
2021	Summer Olympics	Tokyo, Japan		Park
2023	World Championship	Sharjah, UAE		Park
2024	Summer Olympics	Paris, France		Park

Skateboarding Contests

Year	Competition	Venue	Rank	Event
2019	X Games	Minneapolis, Minnesota	5	Park
2021	Dew Tour	Des Moines, Iowa		Park
	X Games	Southern California		Park
2022	X Games	Southern California		Park
	Dew Tour	Des Moines, Iowa		Park

Filmography

See also

In Spanish: Sky Brown para niños

• Great Britain at the Olympics