Funa Nakayama

Funa Nakayama (中山 楓奈, Nakayama Fūna; born 17 June 2005) is a Japanese skateboarder from Toyama City.^[1] Nakayama won a bronze medal in the women's street competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.^[2] In January 2023, she became the first Asian woman to be featured on the cover of Thrasher.^[3]

Funa Nakayama

Nakayama at X Games Chiba 2022
Personal information
Born	(2005-06-17) June 17, 2005 (age 20) Toyama City, Japan
Sport
Country	Japan
Sport	Skateboarding
Medal record Women's street skateboarding Representing  Japan Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo Street World Championships 2022 Rio de Janeiro Street X Games 2022 Chiba Street

Skateboarding career

Nakayama competed in the 2018 Japan Skateboarding Championships at Murasaki Park Tokyo on May 13, 2018, in Tokyo, Japan.^[4] Nakayama competed in the finals at the Street League Skateboarding Tour - London in 2019.^[5][6] She finished in 6th place.^[7] She entered the finals as the number one qualifier.^[8] She had similar results three weeks later in Long Beach, California.^[9] She entered that contest off of a second place in the street qualifier.^[10] As of June 2019, she is ranked #8 in the world.^[11]

She is participating in the Dew Tour.^[12]