Claim to fame: Ms. Wettstein is a top-ranked skateboarder who will compete this summer for Team U.S.A. when skateboarding makes its Olympic debut in Tokyo. Though still in high school, she was the 2019 U.S.A. National Champion for women’s park and came in first among American women at the International Skateboarding Open for park in 2019. “Being the highest ranked women’s park skateboarder leaves me untied from reality because I never thought I would earn that spot,” she said. By 14, she’d placed second at the 2017 Vans Park Series and was considered one of the top transition skaters in the world. The following year, she placed second at Dew Tour Women’s Pro Park and competed in the 2018 Nitro World Games during its women’s skateboarding debut.

Source: International New York Times July 07, 2021 15:56 UTC