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Cui Chenxi

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Cui Chenxi
Cui in 2023
Personal information
Native name崔宸曦
Born (2009-12-19) 19 December 2009 (age 14)
Jinan, Shandong, China
OccupationProfessional skateboarder
Sport
SportSkateboarding
EventStreet
Medal record
Women's street skateboarding
Representing  China
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Hangzhou Street
In this Chinese name, the family name is Cui.

Cui Chenxi (Chinese: 崔宸曦; pinyin: Cuī Chénxī; born 19 December 2009) is a Chinese street skateboarder. Aged 13 years and 282 days, she won the gold medal in the women's street skateboarding event at the 19th Asian Games held in Hangzhou, China, making her the youngest Chinese gold medalist in the Asian Games.[1]

Sports career[edit]

Cui began rollerblading at the age of three with the help of her father who was a roller skater. She took up skateboarding in 2020 due to restrictions in rollerblading during the COVID-19 pandemic in China.[1][2]

On 24 April 2021, at the 2021 China Skateboarding Classic, Cui was the runner-up with 13.37 points. On 31 July 2022, she won the women's championship in the national finals of the 2022 Weibo Skateboarding Classic. In December 2022, she made her debut in the national competition for street skateboarding for the 2024 Summer Olympics and the 19th Asian Games national training team trials, and was ranked the top three in the women's street skateboarding event.[3][4]

On 1 February 2023, Cui advanced to the top 32 of the women street qualifiers at the 2022 Skateboarding Street and Park World Championships in Sharjah, UAE. On June 26, at the 2023 World Skateboarding Street Professional Tour in Rome, Italy, she advanced to the quarterfinals. In July 2023, she was selected into the Chinese skateboarding national team for the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China. On September 27, she won the gold medal in the women's skateboarding street finals at the 19th Asian Games with 242.62 points, becoming the youngest Chinese gold medalist in the Asian Games.[5][6][7][8][9]

In December 2023, at the 2023 World Skateboarding Championship in Tokyo, Japan, she achieved eighth position.[10] On 11 March 2024, at the Skateboarding Points Competition in Dubai, UAE for the 2024 Summer Olympics, Cui ranked seventh in the women's street event finals.[11] On May 17, at the 2024 Summer Olympics qualification series in Shanghai, China, she was ranked fifth in the women's street skateboarding preliminaries and on May 19, in the finals of the qualification series in Shanghai, she achieved fifth place with a score of 247.44 points.[12][13] On June 22, at the Olympic qualification series in Budapest, Hungary, she achieved tenth place in the women's street skateboarding preliminaries and advanced to the semifinals, thereby ensuring her qualification for the 2024 Summer Olympics.[14]

References[edit]

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  5. ^ "Highlights of 2022 Skateboarding Street and Park World Championships". People's Daily. 2023-02-02. Archived from the original on 2023-12-21. Retrieved December 21, 2023.
  6. ^ Merrell, Chloe (2023-02-06). "Skateboarding Street World Championships 2022 in 2023: All results, scores and medals - complete list". Olympics. Archived from the original on 2023-02-02. Retrieved December 21, 2023.
  7. ^ "中国滑板国家队、中国国家霹雳舞队亚运名单公布". Sohu. 2023-07-11. Archived from the original on 2023-12-21. Retrieved December 21, 2023.
  8. ^ "Sweet 13! China's Cui queen of the skateboard teens at Asian Games". France 24. 2023-09-27. Archived from the original on 2023-12-21. Retrieved December 21, 2020.
  9. ^ "China's youngest skater Cui Chenxi bags gold at the 19th Asian Games". 19th Asian Games. 2023-09-27. Archived from the original on 2023-12-21. Retrieved December 21, 2020.
  10. ^ Kano, Shintaro (2023-12-16). "WST Street World Championship 2023 Japan: Rock-solid Chloe Covell first through to women's final in Tokyo". Olympics. Archived from the original on 2023-12-16. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
  11. ^ "巴黎奥运会滑板积分赛收官 多名中国队选手入围资格系列赛". Xinhua. 2024-03-11. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
  12. ^ "奥运会资格系列赛上海站中国队表现亮眼". Xinhua. 2024-05-18. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
  13. ^ "巴黎奥运会资格赛上海站崔宸曦名列第五，世界排名升至第八". 163.com. 2024-05-31. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
  14. ^ Ma, Zuoyu (2024-06-23). "奥运资格赛火热继续，中国军团向更多奥运门票发起冲击". The Paper. Retrieved 2024-06-26.

External links[edit]

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