Funa Nakayama

Funa Nakayama (中山 楓奈, Nakayama Fūna; born 17 June 2005) is a Japanese skateboarder from Toyama City.^[2] Nakayama won a bronze medal in the women's street competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.^[3] In January 2023, she became the first Asian woman to be featured on the cover of Thrasher.^[4]

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
Rank	4th[1]
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.^[5] Nakayama competed in the finals at the Street League Skateboarding Tour - London in 2019.^[6][7] She finished in 6th place.^[8] She entered the finals as the number one qualifier.^[9] She had similar results three weeks later in Long Beach, California.^[10] She entered that contest off of a second place in the street qualifier.^[11] As of June 2019, she is ranked #8 in the world.^[12]

She is participating in the Dew Tour.^[13]