Lizzie Armanto
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| Full name | Elizabeth Marika Armanto | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | January 26, 1993[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Website | lizziearmanto | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Finland United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Skateboarding | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Regular-footed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | 5th[4] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Park | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elizabeth Marika Armanto (born January 26, 1993) is an American-Finnish professional skateboarder. She is part of the Birdhouse skate Team and is also sponsored by Vans with whom she has her own pro-model shoe.
Early life and career
[edit | edit source]Armanto was born to a Finnish father and an American mother.[5][6] She holds dual citizenship in the United States and Finland.[7] She is of Filipino descent through her maternal grandfather.[8]
Armanto grew up in Santa Monica, California. She started skating in 2007 with her younger brother and developed a love for skating bowls and vert.
Armanto has won over 30 skateboarding awards. In 2010, 2011 and 2012, she placed first overall in the World Cup of Skateboarding points race. In 2013, Armanto won gold at the first ever Women's Skateboard Park event at X Games in Barcelona, Spain.[9] She won the 2014 Van Doren Invitational in Huntington Beach, California.[10][3]
In 2018, Armanto became the first female skater to complete The Loop, a 360-degree ramp.[11][12]
In January 2019, Armanto revealed that she joined the Finnish skateboarding national team and would represent the country at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[6][7] in 2019 Armanto was guest on episode 168 of the Skateboarding podcast The Nine Club with Chris Roberts. Later in 2019, Armanto earned a Bronze at X Games Minneapolis.[13]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Armanto married Belgian skateboarder, Axel Cruysberghs, on October 16, 2020. The couple filed for a separation on September 30, 2024.[14]
Video game appearances
[edit | edit source]Armanto is a playable character in the video games Tony Hawk's Shred Session, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2 and Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4.
Sports diplomacy
[edit | edit source]In 2019, Armanto traveled to Denmark as a Sports Envoy for the U.S. State Department's Sports Diplomacy Office.[15]
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Lizzie Armanto at The Boardr
- Lizzie Armanto at the X Games (archived)
- Lizzie Armanto at OlympediaLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Lizzie Armanto at Olympics.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Lizzie Armanto at Olympiakomitea.fi (in Finnish)
- Living people
- 1993 births
- American skateboarders
- Finnish skateboarders
- Sportspeople from Ventura County, California
- X Games competitors
- American people of Finnish descent
- Finnish people of American descent
- American people of Filipino descent
- Sportspeople of Filipino descent
- Finnish people of Filipino descent
- Skateboarders at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic skateboarders for Finland
- American female skateboarders
- 21st-century American sportswomen