Letícia Bufoni

Letícia Bufoni e Silva (born April 13, 1993) professional street skateboarder. She is a six-time X Games gold medalist.

Early life Bufoni was born in São Paulo. and her grandmother bought her first skateboard when she was 11.

"I grew up in the street playing sports all the time. We didn't have computers, no smartphones. All of the kids started skating, so I did too."

"My dad broke my board so I wouldn't skate anymore. I started to skateboard when I was nine years old; I was skating with all the guys in my neighborhood, and he was mad at me because I was the only girl in the middle of 10 guys. He smashed my board in front of me and said; "You're not skating anymore, ever again". Her father eventually relented. She attended Hollywood High School, but left after missing so much school that she was in danger of being expelled.

She is a five-time X Games gold medalist. She tied Elissa Steamer's decade-old record for most gold in Women's SKB Street with her win at XG Shanghai 2019. Overall she earned six straight medals in X Games Women's SKB Street (2010-2014) and the title at Shanghai 2019.

She has become one of the world's best-known and most influential action sports athletes. The Guinness Book of World Records (2017) for the "Most Wins Of The World Cup of Skateboarding. In 2013, she was nominated for an ESPY Award - Best Female Action Sports Athlete.

In 2015, she won the first Street League Skateboarding Women's SLS Super Crown World Championship in Chicago, IL. She also appeared in the ESPN Magazine - The Body Issue, being the first skateboarder from Brazil to do so. She was also the first female skater to sign for Nike SB in 2015.

In 2018, Forbes named Bufoni one of The Most Powerful Women In International Sports for 2018 (#25) and made Sports Pro Media's list for The World's Most Marketable Athletes for 2018 (#41). Further in 2018, she was named to the Forbes Brazil "Under 30" list.

In 2022, Bufoni set a world record (verified by Guinness World Records) for highest skateboard grind outside the back of a flying aircraft. This happened when the aircraft was flying over Merced, California. A video of this went viral in 2023. The aircraft was a C-130 transport plane, and was flying at an altitude of 9,022 feet when Bufoni did the skateboard grind.

Bufoni is the official athlete representative for World Skate, the International Olympic Committee-recognized governing body for Skateboarding. but occasionally dabbled in supercar racing when available. She built a drift car in 2020.

In 2022, as she scaled back her skating career to focus on other projects, she began racing in Nitro Rallycross' side-by-side class. She ran the full 2023-24 Nitrocross SxS season and placed fifth in points.

Bufoni made her desert racing debut at the NORRA 500 in October 2023, where she shared a modified Nissan Frontier with Chris Forsberg. The two won the Stock Production class.

Personal life On April 7, 2021, Bufoni became a citizen of the United States.

Competitions

2015 - 1st Place: Far'n High Women's Finals - Paris, France 2015 - 1st Place: Excellent Mystic Skate Cup Women's Street - Prague, Czech Republic 2015 - 1st Place: Street League Super Crown Women's Finals - Chicago, USA 2016 - 1st Place: Far'n' High Women's Finals - Paris, France - Paris, France 2016 - 1st Place: Mystic Sk8 Cup Women's Open - Prague, Czech Republic 2016 - 2nd Place: Street League Super Crown Women's Finals - Los Angeles, USA 2017 - 3rd Place: X Games Minneapolis Skateboard Street - Minneapolis, USA 2017 - 2nd Place: Street League Super Crown Women's Finals - Los Angeles, USA 2018 - 1st Place: X Games Norway Skateboard Street - Oslo, Norway 2018 - 2nd Place: World Cup of Skateboarding Street - Vigo, Spain 2018 - 2nd Place: X Games Skateboard Street - Sydney, Australia 2019 - 1st Place: X Games Skateboard Street - Shanghai, China 2019 - 2nd Place: Dew Tour - Long Beach, California, USA 2021 - 1st Place: X Games Skateboard Street - Vista, California, USA

Awards Nickelodeon 2016 Kids' Choice Sports - Queen Of Swag Cartoon Network 2014 Hall of Game Awards - She Got Game

In media Bufoni is a playable character in the video game Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5. She also appears in Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2, an enhanced remake of the first two Pro Skater games with an updated roster of playable skaters. She also appeared in the follow-up Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4.

Bufoni plays a featured role in the music video for "Snapback" by Old Dominion.