Aori Nishimura


Aori Nishimura is a regular-footed Japanese professional skateboarder. Nishimura will represent her country in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

Early life

Born in Tokyo, Japan, Aori Nishimura started skating at the age of 7 and made her professional debut when she was in fifth grade in a tournament organized by the Japan Skateboarding Association.

Professional skateboarding

In 2017, Nishimura won the Japanese skateboarding championship. Furthermore, she was the first athlete from Japan to win gold at the X Games extreme sports event held in Minneapolis.
In October 2017, three months after her victory, Nishimura suffered an injury to her left knee for which she had to undergo reconstructive ligament surgery and temporarily move away from skateboarding. After 6 months of recess, she returned to training in June 2018 and returned to competitions in July.
She was invited to the Dew Tour Long Beach tournament, where she was eighth among the eight participants. On that occasion she expressed her dissatisfaction with the results obtained; however, that same month, she would achieve an evolution and take the silver medal in the X Games where Mariah Duran took first place.
In January 2019, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, she was crowned world skateboarding champion in the contest jointly organized by the World Skate and Street League Skateboarding. Nishimura eclipsed hometown favorite, the Brazilian Letícia Bufoni, who won the silver medal.

Awards

Aori has two sisters, who are also dedicated to skateboarding: Sana and Kotone.