Fabiola da Silva

Fabiola da Silva
Personal information
Nationality Brazilian
Born (1979-06-18) June 18, 1979
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Sport
Sport Vert skating
Medal record
Competitions
Competitor for  Brazil
2004 Los Angeles, USA Vert
2002 Los Angeles, USA Vert
2001 Los Angeles, USA Vert
2001 Gravity Games Vert
2000 Los Angeles, USA Vert

Fabiola da Silva (born June 18, 1979 in São Paulo), nicknamed Fabby, is a Brazilian professional vert skater[1] who competes on the LG Action Sports World Tour. She has received over fifty medals in the LG Action Sports World Tour events. She has received seven X Games gold medals and one silver, making her the most decorated female athlete in X Games history. In a seven-year stretch, she only lost one X Games event, finishing second in 1999.

She has been so dominant against women skaters that she forced the hand of the sport's administrators in respect of limited gender integration of the professional sport: in 2000, the Aggressive Skaters Association created the so-called "Fabiola Rule", which allowed women to compete in the formerly all-male vert competition. Since then, she has placed in the top ten several times in events where she competed against men.

In 2005, she became the first woman ever to land the double back flip on a vert ramp.

Fabiola da Silva features in the three-time Webby Award-winning Book of Cool.

She continues to pursue a world championship.

Fabiola Vert Skating

Competitions

Style

Fabiola is also well known for wearing tank tops, girl's boxer briefs and a nose ring.

Movies

Fabiola da Silva played the stunt double for Gabriella in the movie Brink!.

References

  1. ↑ All-female action sports competition attracts 'supergirls'

External links

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