Personal information | |
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Born | Mansfield, Victoria, Australia | 29 October 2001
Occupation | Skateboarder |
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Country | Australia |
Sport | Skateboarding |
Position | Goofy footed |
Rank | 9th (June 2020) [1] |
Event | Street |
Hayley Wilson (born 29 October 2001) is a goofy-footed Australian skateboarder from Mansfield, Victoria, Australia. [2] [3]
Wilson is currently the Australian Skateboarding League's national champion, holding the title for four consecutive years, 2016–2019. [3] [2]
Wilson competed in the 2019 Street League Skateboarding Championship - London, placing second with a score of 26.2, finishing above Alexis Sablone, Letícia Bufoni, Rayssa Leal, and other skaters but behind Brazilian Pamela Rosa. [4] [5]
In July 2021, Wilson was named as part of Australia's inaugural Olympic skateboarding team to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. [6] In the preliminary round, she tied French skater Charlotte Hym with a total score of 5.34, but was awarded sole possession of sixteenth place via the tie-breaking protocol by virtue of her higher best run score. Hym was placed seventeenth in the final rankings. [7] [8] Full details are in Skateboarding at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's street.