Minna Stess

Minna Stess is an American professional skateboarder and a member of the USA Skateboarding National Team, born on 4 April 2006 in Petaluma, California. She began skating at two, became the first girl to win the California Amateur Skateboard League in 2013 at eight, and in 2014 was the first female skater to compete in all three King of Groms finals. She turned professional at 11, broke and dislocated her elbow in January 2019, made her X Games debut in August 2019 aged 13, and in 2021 became the youngest USA National Championships park champion at 15. A two-time World Skateboarding Championship bronze medalist, she won bronze in the park event in Rome in October 2023, the first American to medal in the women's event since it took the Championship name, and she represented the United States in the women's park event at the 2024 Summer Olympics.