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Brazilian skateboarder (born 2007)

Raicca Ventura
Ventura at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Full nameRaicca Ventura de Oliveira
Born (2007-03-08) 8 March 2007 (age 17)
São Caetano do Sul, Brazil
Sport
Country Brazil
SportSkateboarding
EventPark
Medal record
Women's park skateboarding
Representing  Brazil
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2024 Rome Park
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 2023 Santiago Park

Raicca Ventura de Oliveira (born 8 March 2007) is a Brazilian skateboarder. She represented Brazil at the 2024 Summer Olympics. She won gold at the 2024 World Skateboarding Championship.

Career

Ventura made her international debut for Brazil in October 2023 at the 2023 World Skateboarding Championship and finished in fourth place with a score of 87.59. A few weeks later, she then competed at the 2023 Pan American Games and won a silver medal in the park event with a score of 82.54.

As of June 2024, Ventura was ranked eighth in the Olympic World Skateboarding rankings, and qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics. During the park event she finished in 12th place during the semifinals with a score of 76.24, and failed to advance to the finals. In September 2024, she competed at the 2024 World Skateboarding Championship and won a gold medal with a score of 93.73. In December 2024, she was named a finalist for Prêmio Brasil Olímpico Breakthrough Athlete of the year.

References

  1. ^ "Raicca Ventura". oympics.com. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
  2. Shefferd, Neil (8 October 2023). "Bottger and Hiraki claim men's and women's crowns at World Skate Park World Championships". insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
  3. "Taylor Nye is First Champion in Pan American Skate Park History". santiago2023.org. 22 October 2023. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
  4. "Paulista teve duas quedas, mas conseguiu uma nota de 82.54 na terceira passagem para ficar no segundo lugar do pódio, enquanto o curitibano começou na lanterna e assegurou sua medalha na segunda vez que foi à pista". oympics.com (in Portuguese). 22 October 2023. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
  5. "Skate: Brasil define 12 classificados para Olimpíadas de Paris; veja lista" [Skateboarding: Brazil defines 12 qualified for the Olympics in Paris; see list]. cnnbrasil.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). CNN Brazil. 23 June 2024. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
  6. Merrell, Chloe (22 September 2024). "World Skate Games Italia 2024: Raicca Ventura claims women's park skateboarding title". oympics.com. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
  7. "Prêmio Brasil Olímpico 2024: veja indicados a Atleta Revelação e Prêmio Inspire, e saiba como votar". oympics.com. 4 December 2024. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
  8. "Brasil Olímpico premia melhores atletas do Brasil na temporada". dgabc.com (in Portuguese). 12 December 2024. Retrieved 12 December 2024.

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