{{Short description|Australian skateboarder (born 2010)}} {{Use Australian English|date=February 2026}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Arisa Trew | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100|OAM}} | image = Arisa Trew Laureus 2024 (cropped).jpg | image_size = | caption = Trew with her 2024 Laureus Action Sportsperson Award | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth-date and age|12 May 2010}} | birth_place = Cairns, Queensland, Australia | death_date = | death_place = | hometown = Palm Beach, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia<ref name="X Games" /> | height = | weight = | website = <!-- {{URL|www.example.com}} --> | sport = Skateboarding | position = Regular footed | rank = 2nd<ref name=WorldSkate>{{cite web |title=Olympic World Skateboarding Rankings – Park, Female |url=https://www.worldskate.org/skateboarding/ranking-paris-2024.html |website=World Skate |access-date=6 August 2024 |language=en |date=6 August 2024}}</ref> | event = Park, vert | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Women's park skateboarding}} {{Medal|Country|{{AUS}}}} {{Medal|Olympic}} {{MedalGold|2024 Paris|Park}} {{MedalComp|World Championships}} {{MedalGold|2024 Rome|Vert}} {{MedalCompetition|X Games}} {{MedalGold|2023 California|Park}} {{MedalGold|2023 California|Vert}} {{MedalGold|2024 Ventura|Park}} {{MedalGold|2024 Ventura|Vert}} {{MedalGold|2024 Chiba|Park}} {{MedalGold|2025 Osaka|Vert}} {{MedalGold|2025 Osaka|Park}} {{MedalSilver|2025 Salt Lake City|Vert}} }} '''Arisa Trew''' {{post-nominals|country=AUS|OAM}} (アリサ・トゥルー, born 12 May 2010) is an Australian skateboarder. She won the gold medal for the women's park skateboarding event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris at the age of 14 making her Australia's youngest ever Olympic champion. She is the first women's skateboarder to land a 720 and a 900 in competition.
==Early life== Trew was born on 12 May 2010<ref name="X Games">{{Cite web |url=https://www.xgames.com/athletes/arisa-trew |title=Arisa Trew |work=X Games |access-date=5 November 2023}}</ref> in Cairns, Queensland, Australia. Her mother, Aiko, is Japanese and her father, Simon, is Welsh.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sbs.com.au/language/japanese/en/article/arisa-made-skateboard-history-at-13-now-shes-eyeing-the-olympics/ihj8f344m|title=Arisa made skateboard history at 13. Now she's eyeing the Olympics|date=14 November 2023|first=Yumi|last=Oba|publisher=Special Broadcasting Service|access-date=31 May 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sportiva.shueisha.co.jp/clm/othersports/other/2023/06/09/13/|title=|script-title=ja:13歳の日系スケートボーダー、アリサ・トゥルー（豪）にパリ五輪で活躍の予感...開心那ら日本選手から刺激「負けないくらい練習を」|lang=ja|date=9 June 2023|work=Sportiva|publisher=Shueisha|last=Kadowaki|first=Masanori|access-date=31 May 2024}}</ref><ref name="s1">{{Cite web|url=https://shop.s1helmets.com/s1-helmet-blog/-interview-arisa-trew-/|title=Interview: Arisa Trew|date=1 May 2022|publisher=S1 Helmets|access-date=31 May 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Skateboarding "like a big family" for Trew {{!}} NSW Institute of Sport (NSWIS) |url=https://www.nswis.com.au/nswis-news/skateboarding-like-a-big-family-for-trew/ |access-date=6 August 2024 |website=www.nswis.com.au |language=en}}</ref> She moved to the Gold Coast where she grew up from the age of two<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.insidegoldcoast.com.au/interview-arisa-trew|title=Meet Arisa Trew – Gold Coast teen skateboarding champion|publisher=Inside Gold Coast|access-date=30 July 2024}}</ref> and started skateboarding at the age of seven.<ref name="s1" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.skateboarding.worldskate.org/news/1589-womens-final-report-2.html|title=WST San Juan 2023– Women's Finals Report In Full!|first=Niall|last=Neeson|publisher=World Skate|access-date=31 May 2024}}</ref> Arisa is of no relation to fellow Australian Olympic skateboarder Ruby Trew, however they are good friends and often tell people they are cousins.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nowtolove.com.au/entertainment/olympics/young-olympics-skateboarders-arisa-trew-ruby-trew/|title=Meet Arisa Trew: Australia's youngest ever Olympic gold medallist|last=Cooper|first=Julie|publisher=Woman's Day|quote=At only 14 and 15 years old, respectively, Aussies Arisa Trew and Ruby Trew rewrote history in Paris, competing for the gold in skateboarding. And interestingly, the girls share no relation despite their identical last names. However, they are good friends and have a bit of fun about the coincidence. “We just tell people we’re cousins, even though we’re not,” Arisa said.|date=9 August 2024|accessdate=2 June 2025}}</ref>
==Career== In May 2023, Trew placed 4th at the 2023 Japan X Games for the women's park event.<ref name="X Games" />
On 23 June 2023, during Tony Hawk's Vert Alert event held in Salt Lake City,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tony Hawk's Vert Alert |url=https://www.thvertalert.com/ |access-date=1 July 2023 |website=Tony Hawk's Vert Alert |language=en-US}}</ref> Arisa became the first female skateboarder to successfully execute a 720 trick in a competition; the trick involves completing two full rotations in mid-air.<ref name="BBC">{{Cite news |title=Teen makes skateboarding history with 720 trick |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-us-canada-66040114 |access-date=1 July 2023}}</ref> That trick was made famous by professional skateboarder Tony Hawk, who first performed it in 1985.<ref>{{Cite news |date=28 June 2023 |title=Gold Coast teen Arisa Trew becomes the first female to land a 720 in competition |language=en-AU |work=ABC News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-28/arisa-trew-lands-720-in-competition/102538362 |access-date=1 July 2023}}</ref>
In July 2023, Trew won the women's vert as well as the park Gold medals at the 2023 X Games in California.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Arisa Trew |url=https://www.xgames.com/athletes/arisa-trew |access-date=6 August 2024 |website=X Games |language=en}}</ref> Trew repeated this feat in June 2024 by winning once again both the vert and the park Gold medals at the 2024 X Games in Ventura, California.<ref name=":0" />
In March 2024, Trew placed 4th at the World Skateboarding Tour in Dubai for the women's park event.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wyldata Action Sports Data Platform |url=https://wyldata.com/iframes/wsk-athletes/39061/?gender=0&discipline=1 |access-date=6 August 2024 |website=wyldata.com}}</ref>
In April 2024, Trew received the Laureus World Sports Award for Action Sportsperson of the Year at the Laureus World Sports Awards.<ref>{{cite news|author=|date=23 April 2024|title=Arisa Trew wins Laureus action sport award after Australian teen's 720 as a 13-year-old|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-23/arisa-trew-wins-laureus-sport-award-for-world-first-trick/103756646|work=ABC News|agency=Australian Associated Press|location= |access-date=27 April 2024}}</ref>
On 29 May 2024, Trew became the first female skateboarder to land a 900, which she did in a half-pipe.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.skateboarding.com/trending-news/arisa-trew-makes-skate-history-as-first-woman-to-land-a-900|title=Arisa Trew Makes Skate History as First Woman to Land a 900|first=Brian|last=Blakely|date=30 May 2024|website=TransWorld SKATEboarding Magazine}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-30/arisa-trew-nails-900-tony-hawk-watch/103914136|title='Glass ceilings are so 2023': Watch as skateboarding legend Tony Hawk hails Aussie teen's world first|newspaper=ABC News |date=30 May 2024|via=www.abc.net.au}}</ref>
At the 2024 Olympic Qualifier Series, Trew placed first in both park qualifiers.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Worldskate – Skateboarding & Roller Sports – Ranking Paris 2024 |url=https://www.worldskate.org/skateboarding/ranking-paris-2024.html |access-date=6 August 2024 |website=www.worldskate.org}}</ref>
At the Osaka X Games in 2025, Trew beat the record for most X Games Skateboard gold medals by any girl or woman, and tied Fabiola da Silva for the most X Games summer discipline gold medals by any girl or woman. She also tied the record for the most X Games gold medals won by a teenager (seven), and won an unprecedented fourth consecutive women’s park title.<ref>https://www.olympics.com/en/news/x-games-osaka-2025-park-women-men</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.skateboarding.com/news/arisa-trew-makes-history-at-x-games-osaka-2025|title=Arisa Trew Makes History (Yet Again) at X Games Osaka 2025}}</ref>
===2024 Summer Olympics=== On 6 August 2024, she won the gold medal in the park event at the Paris Olympic Games, making her the youngest Australian to ever win an Olympic gold medal at the age of 14.<ref>{{cite web |title=Teen prodigy wins gold in skateboarding – and she's Australia's youngest medallist |url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/teen-prodigy-wins-gold-in-skateboarding-and-she-s-australia-s-youngest-medallist-20240807-p5k06w.html |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |access-date=6 August 2024 |language=en |date=6 August 2024}}</ref> Prior to winning, she had made a deal with her parents that if she won gold, they would get her a pet duck.<ref>{{Cite web |last=McCracken |first=Tess |title=Olympic skateboarding champion Arisa Trew made a surprising deal with her parents if she won gold |url=https://www.news.com.au/sport/olympics/olympic-skateboarding-champion-arisa-trew-made-a-surprising-deal-with-her-parents-if-she-won-gold/news-story/90eb2ac8cbf97d2a7dba5c2930bd0b5a |website=news.com.au}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-06 |title=Bizarre gift Trew's parents promised for gold medal win |url=https://www.nine.com.au/sport/olympics/paris-2024-arisa-trew-pet-duck-gold-medal-skateboarding-interview-20240807-p5k0a9.html |access-date=2024-08-07 |website=Nine |language=en}}</ref>
==Recognition== *2024 – AIS Sport Performance Awards – Emerging Athlete of the Year<ref>{{Cite web |last=Commission |first=Australian Sports Commission; jurisdiction=Commonwealth of Australia; corporateName=Australian Sports |title=Parker's remarkable Paris performance celebrated at AIS Awards |url=https://www.ais.gov.au/media-centre/news/parkers-remarkable-paris-performance-celebrated-at-ais-awards |access-date=2024-12-04 |website=Australian Sports Commission |language=English}}</ref> *2025 – Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) – for service to sport as a gold medallist at the Paris Olympic Games 2024.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Chamberlin|first1=Thomas|last2=Mulveney|first2=Mikaela|last3=Sinnerton|first3=Jackie|last4=Pierce|first4=Jeremy|date=26 January 2025|title=Australia Day 2025: Queensland OAM and award winners|url=https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/australia-day-2025-queensland-oam-and-award-winners/news-story/cb0c23bab79940ebf405447429563f35|work=The Sunday Mail|access-date=26 January 2025}}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [https://www.theboardr.com/profile/45609/Arisa_Trew Arisa Trew] at The Boardr * {{X Games profile|new_id=arisa-trew}} * {{Australian Olympic Committee}} * {{Olympics.com}} * {{Olympedia}} * {{InterSportStats}} * {{Instagram}}
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