Sora Shirai (白井 空良, Shirai Sora; born 3 November 2001) is a Japanese professional skateboarder who lives and skates in Kanagawa, Japan.[3][4][5] In 2019, at the age of 17, Shirai released his first full length professional skateboarding skate part in the Blind Skateboards video Time Change.[6][7][8]
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| Native name | 白井 空良 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 November 2001 Sagamihara, Japan[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Skateboarding | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Goofy-footed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | 2nd – street (August 2024)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Skateboarding career
editReferences
edit- ↑ "SHIRAI Sora". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Archived from the original on 26 July 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
- ↑ "Olympic World Skateboarding Rankings – Street, Male". World Skate. 6 August 2024. Archived from the original on 27 July 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
- ↑ "Sora Shirai – Time Change Part Raw Cut". www.vhsmag.com (in Japanese). 7 October 2019. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
- ↑ "Sora Shirai Highlights | 2nd Place Men's Street Winner". Dew Tour. 13 July 2019. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
- ↑ Hopkin, James (June 19, 2019). "Why is no one is talking about Sora Shirai?". Hopkin Skate. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
- ↑ "Sora Shirai drops his full length skate part for Blind Skateboards "Time Change"". Elevator. 3 September 2019.
- ↑ "Blind Skateboards Sora's 'Time Change' Part". Salad Days Magazine. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
- ↑ "Tomorrow: Sora Shirai's 'Time Change' Part". The Berrics. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
- ↑ "'Time Change': Sora Shirai's Blind Skateboards Part". The Berrics. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
- ↑ "2019 Damn Am Japan: How Sora Shira Won – SPoT Life". TransWorld Skateboarding. 14 April 2019.
- ↑ "Skateboarding: Yuto Horigome wins street title at X Games, Shirai 3rd". Kyodo News. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
External links
edit- Sora Shirai at World Skate (alternative link)
- Sora Shirai at The Boardr
- Sora Shirai at SPoT
- Sora Shirai at the X Games
- Sora Shirai at Olympics.com
- Sora Shirai at Olympedia
- Sora Shirai at InterSportStats
- Sora Shirai at Team Japan (in Japanese) (in English)
- Sora Shirai on Instagram
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