| Mahina Maeda | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 February 1998 | |||||||||||||||||
| Surfing career | ||||||||||||||||||
| Major achievements | Qualification for 2020 Summer Olympics | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
| ||||||||||||||||||
Mahina Maeda (前田マヒナ, Maeda Mahina, born 15 February 1998) is a Hawaii born and raised, Japanese professional surfer who competes in the World Surf League. [1] She is a three time junior World champion. [2] She switched to represent Japan at the Olympics as Hawaii was not recognized as a member of International Olympic Committee. [3]
Biography
She was born to Japanese parents in the United States and was raised up in North Shore of Oahu. She holds American-Japanese dual citizenship. [4]
Career
She won her first WSL world junior title at the age of 16 in Portugal. She became one of the youngest women to have surfed Nazare. She qualified to the 2020 Summer Olympics following her performance at the 2021 ISA World Surfing Games. [5] [6] Incidentally, surfing was included for the first time in Olympics for the Tokyo Games. [7]
She represented Japan at the 2020 Summer Olympics which also marked her debut appearance at the Olympics. [8] She was eliminated from the round 3 of the women's shortboard event. [9]
References
- ^ "Surfing - MAEDA Mahina". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 27 July 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- ^ Hohenberg, Alexa (7 July 2020). "Mahina Maeda Interview: Pro surfer and Olympic hopeful | Interviews". StillStoked.com. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- ^ "Mahina Maeda proud to represent Hawai'i, surfing, and Japan in the sport's debut at the Olympics in Tokyo". KHON2.com. 2 July 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- ^ "Meet: Mahina Maeda One of the Youngest Women to Surf Nazare and a Ripper Unafraid to Take Scalps - Magicseaweed". Magicseaweed.com. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- ^ "Qualifying for Tokyo 2020: How does it work?". ISA. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- ^ "Surfing: Mahina Maeda, Amuro Tsuzuki win Olympic berths through World Games". Kyodo News+. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- ^ "Surfing makes long-awaited Olympics debut at Tokyo 2020". aljazeera.com. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- ^ Lum, Stephanie. "Meet the 'fearless' Hawaii surfer representing Team Japan in the Tokyo Olympics". stillstoked.com. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- ^ "Surfing - Women Schedule". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 26 July 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
