Poppy Starr Olsen

Poppy Starr Olsen (born 1 June 2000) is an Australian regular-footed professional skateboarder.

Poppy Starr Olsen

Olsen speaking at TEDx Ultimo in 2014
Personal information
Nationality	Australian
Born	(2000-06-01) 1 June 2000 (age 24) Sydney, Australia
Occupation	Professional skateboarder
Website	poppystarr.com
Sport
Country	Australia
Sport	Skateboarding
Position	Regular-footed
Rank	4th (June 2021)[1]
Event(s)	Park, bowl
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals	2020 Summer Olympics: Women's park – 5th
Regional finals	2019 Vans Park Series Oceania Regionals: Women's park – Gold
National finals	2019 Skate Australia National Park Championships: Women's park – Gold 2020 Skate Australia National Park Championships: Women's park – Gold
Medal record Women's park skateboarding Representing  Australia World Championships 2018 Nanjing Park X Games 2017 Minneapolis

Skateboarding career

Olsen became world champion in the over-14 age group in 2014 and in the over-15 age group in 2015.^[2][3] In 2016, she won the professional division of the Vans Combi Classic and became the first female Australian to compete in the Summer X Games.^[4]

Olsen qualified for and competed in the X Games Minneapolis 2017, taking out a bronze medal in women's park.^[5]

In July 2021, Olsen was named as part of Australia's inaugural Olympic skateboarding team to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.^[6] She competed in the Skateboarding at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's park. She came sixth in the Preliminary Heats and therefore competed in the final. She finished fifth.^[7] Full details are in Australia at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

References

1. "Olympic World Skateboarding Rankings – Park, Female". World Skate. 30 June 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
2. Patterson, Robbie (11 December 2014). "Poppy Olsen named skateboarding world champ". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
3. Moran, Jonathon (9 December 2015). "Skate star Poppy is on a roll". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
4. Valentine, Renee (13 June 2016). "Poppy standing tall". Newcastle Herald. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
5. "X Games Minneapolis 2017 – Women's Skateboard Park". X Games. 15 July 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
6. Travers, Brianna (2 July 2021). "Olympics 2021: Australia names inaugural skateboarding team". Herald Sun. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
7. "Australian Olympic Team for Tokyo 2021". The Roar. Retrieved 21 March 2022.

External links

• Poppy Starr Olsen at Olympedia
• Poppy Starr Olsen at The Boardr
• Poppy Starr Olsen at the X Games (archived)
• The blurred lines of art and skateboarding | Poppy Starr Olsen (2014) (Video) at TEDx Talks on YouTube
• Poppy Starr Olsen wins Women's Skateboard Park bronze at X Games Minneapolis 2017 (Video) at YouTube