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==Biography==
==Biography==
Yoshizawa was born on 22 September 2009 in [[Kanagawa]], Japan, and grew up in [[Sagamihara]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcolympics.com/athletes/coco-yoshizawa-2314005|publisher=[[NBC Olympics]]|title=Coco Yoshizawa}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.yomiuri.co.jp/sports/actionsports/20231209-OYT1T50002/|newspaper=[[Yomiuri Shimbun]]|language=Japanese|title=近所の公園で世界レベルの大技完成、五輪の決勝見て「これ私がやってるヤツ」…世界が吉沢恋を知る日|date=11 December 2023|trans-title=Completed a world-class trick in a nearby park, watched the Olympic final and said "This is the one I do"... The day the world gets to know Yoshizawa Ren}}</ref>

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{{Olympic Champions Skateboarding Street Women}}
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Revision as of 00:32, 30 July 2024

Coco Yoshizawa
Personal information
Born (2009-09-22) 22 September 2009 (age 15)
Kanagawa, Japan
Height160 cm (5 ft 3 in)[1]
Sport
Country Japan
SportSkateboarding
Medal record
Women's street skateboarding
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris Street

Coco Yoshizawa (Japanese: 吉沢 恋, Yoshizawa Koko; born 22 September 2009) is a Japanese skateboarder.[2] She qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics.[3][4] She had the highest score in the preliminary round of the women's street event and eventually won the gold medal in the event.[5]

In July 28, 2024, she won the gold medal in the women's street skateboarding event at the 2024 Paris Olympics (Place de la Concorde) with a score of 272.75.[6][7]

Biography

Yoshizawa was born on 22 September 2009 in Kanagawa, Japan, and grew up in Sagamihara.[8][9]

References

  1. ^ "Olympics 2024: Who is Coco Yoshizawa? Japan skateboarding sensation takes gold medal". The New Zealand Herald. 29 July 2024.
  2. ^ "スケートボード・吉沢恋はこんな人…学校が大好きな中学生「シンデレラガール」". 読売新聞オンライン (in Japanese). 2024-07-28. Retrieved 2024-07-28.
  3. ^ https://olympics.com/en/news/uprising-tokyo-skateboarding-qualifiers-yoshizawa-coco
  4. ^ NEWS, KYODO. "Yoshizawa, 14, into Olympics as Japan's street skateboarders dominate". Kyodo News+. Retrieved 2024-07-28.
  5. ^ https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/live-updates/c08b255f-a354-4591-8645-9d08d240e088
  6. ^ "Japan's 14-year-old Coco Yoshizawa earns gold in street skateboarding". NBC. Retrieved 2024-07-29.
  7. ^ "Check out the teenagers smashing Olympic skateboarding". BBC. Retrieved 2024-07-29.
  8. ^ "Coco Yoshizawa". NBC Olympics.
  9. ^ "近所の公園で世界レベルの大技完成、五輪の決勝見て「これ私がやってるヤツ」…世界が吉沢恋を知る日" [Completed a world-class trick in a nearby park, watched the Olympic final and said "This is the one I do"... The day the world gets to know Yoshizawa Ren]. Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). 11 December 2023.