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Raicca Ventura

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Raicca Ventura
Ventura at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Full nameRaicca Ventura de Oliveira
Born (2007-03-08) 8 March 2007 (age 17)[1]
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

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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.[2] 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.[3][4]

As of June 2024, Ventura was ranked eighth in the Olympic World Skateboarding rankings, and qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics.[5] 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.[1] In September 2024, she competed at the 2024 World Skateboarding Championship and won a gold medal with a score of 93.73.[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b "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.
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