Alana Smith (skateboarder)

Alana Smith is an American professional skateboarder from Mesa, Arizona, born on 20 October 2000, who is goofy-footed and uses they and them pronouns. In 2013, at the age of 12, they landed a 540 McTwist and became the youngest medalist in X Games history by winning silver in the women's park event at the X Games Barcelona. They finished first in the Girls Combi Pool Classic at the World Cup of Skateboarding in 2015, and in 2016 joined the Tactics skate team in Eugene, Oregon, with Nora Vasconcellos as the brand's female ambassadors. At the 2020 Summer Olympics, held in 2021, Smith competed in the women's street event and finished last of the 20 competitors at the heat stage, becoming the first openly non-binary athlete to compete at the Olympics. After the Tokyo games they became involved with the coaching company Exos, which creates safe space skate sessions.