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Rayssa Leal: 13-year-old skateboard phenom on a roll to Tokyo
Rayssa Leal is a Brazilian viral skate revelation who just might become the youngest athlete to make the Tokyo Games
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Rayssa Leal is a teenage viral skate revelation from Brazil who just might become one of the stars at the Tokyo Games
Born in 2008, Rayssa is a Brazilian skateboarding sensation slaying it online with bangin' tricks, viral vids, incredible compilations, and over a half a million followers on Instagram.
Already internet famous at eight-years-old when a clip of her showing some serious skills while dressed as a fairy princess went viral, now Tony Hawk records her red-carpet kickflips on his phone and she goes jamming with friend and fellow pre-teen prodigy Sky Brown.
But there's so much more to Rayssa than just rockin' Insta and takin' over TikTok:
At 11 Leal became the youngest ever skater to win a Women's Final on the Street League Skateboarding World Tour in Los Angeles ahead of current World No.1 Pamela Rosa and Alana Smith, Rayssa won fourth place at her first ever X Games, and is currently second in World Street Skateboarding rankings.
She's already a world beater at 13 years of age.
With skateboarding vibing these days as the sport is set to go all Olympic for the first time ever at the Tokyo Games in 2021, Rayssa Leal could star on the biggest sporting stage there is.