Skateboarder Arisa Trew made history on Tuesday, August 7 at the 2024 Paris Olympics as the youngest Australian to win a medal, and she’ll have something special waiting for her at home: a pet duck.
During the press conference after the win, the 14-year-old said her parents had promised her she could get a pet duck if she won the gold medal.
“Ducks are really cute and I really wanted a pet duck,” Trew told reporters when asked about her unconventional gift choice.
Arisa Trew.
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“My parents definitely wouldn’t let me get a dog or a cat because we’re traveling a lot at the moment,” Trew told Australia’s Nine News. “But I feel like a duck might be a little easier, and… I don’t know, I just want a duck.”
Trew won her gold medal in women’s park skateboarding on Tuesday after scoring a 93.18 on her final run, The Associated Press reported. Kokana Hiraki from Japan and Sky Brown from Great Britain won silver and bronze, respectively. Hiraki, 16, became Japan’s youngest medalist during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics when she won bronze in the same event at the age of 13.
“It feels amazing to have the gold medal around your neck,” Trew told reporters. “That’s been my goal ever since I watched the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. It inspired me and made me want to come to these Olympics and get on the podium, which is, like, amazing.”
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Trew was born in Cairns, Queensland, and attends LVLUP, an academy on the Gold Coast in Australia where students can learn and practice skateboarding. She won two gold medals at the 2023 X Games and two golds at the 2024 X Games.
This was Trew’s first trip to the Olympics and her parents Simon and Aiko Trew watched and cheered her on from the stands of La Concorde. They struggled to find words to describe their feelings after Trew’s victory.
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Arisa Trew.
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“We can’t believe it. It’s crazy, crazy, absolutely crazy,” Simon told Nine News. “Yes, I just don’t know what to say. It’s just someone who loves skateboarding and having fun.”
Skateboarding legend Tony Hawk congratulated Trew, Hiraki, Brown and other skateboarding Olympians on Tuesday.
“Congratulations to @arisi_trew on her epic final run in the women’s parkland final this afternoon, earning her a well-deserved gold medal,” Hawk wrote on Instagram. “Thank you to all the competitors for pushing skateboarding into a new era of equality and inclusiveness. And congratulations to 🥈@cocona.hiraki & 🥉@skybrown.”
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