Kokona Hiraki or Cocona Hiraki[2] (開心那, Hiraki Kokona, born 26 August 2008)[3] is a Japanese skateboarder. She won a silver medal in the women's park event at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics,[4] becoming the youngest Japanese athlete on record to participate in the Summer Olympic Games.[5][6]
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Nationality | Japanese | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (2008-08-26) 26 August 2008 (age 14) Kutchan, Hokkaido, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kanji | 開 心那 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hiragana | ひらき ここな | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Skateboarding | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position | Regular-footed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rank | 6th (June 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Park | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Hot Bowl Skate Park (Sapporo) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hiraki has competed in women's park events at several World Skateboarding Championships, finishing seventh in 2018 and 11th in 2019. She has also competed at X Games, winning silver in 2019 in Boise, Idaho, US.[4]
She finished first in 2019 Vans Park Series, Paris.[7] She finished fifth at the 2021 Dew Tour Des Moines, qualifying for the 2020 Summer Olympics.[8]
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