News about Sky Brown

Sky Brown, 15, a skateboarder, discusses his inability to qualify in a SECOND sport for the Paris Olympics, as the British celebrity, who has 2.2 million followers on TikTok and has started a pop career, hopes for gold

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 29, 2024
BY DAVID COVERDALE: Sky Brown looks over her shoulder against Tower Bridge in this exclusive interview. 'Definitely the coolest place I've ever skated,' she says. So iconic that it was having it as a backdrop.' The 15-year-old skateboarding sensation has just unveiled a series of spectacular tricks on a floating 14ft-high half-pipe between two London buses, halting commuters, visitors, and children from riding their tracks. Brown's show was, of course, part of a new advertising campaign for one of her many sponsors, namely luxury watchmaker TAG Heuer. However, the Team GB sensation travelled to London, especially for it, and then jetted back to her Los Angeles home the next day. This week was by no means an ordinary week for a teenager. Brown, on the other hand, isn't exactly a normal adolescent. This is the girl who signed her first sponsorship contract at the age of seven, turned pro, and signed a Nike deal at the age of 10. She then became the country's youngest Olympic medalist aged 13.

Sky's the limit: Meet the skateboarding Olympian Sky Brown, who is now worth £3.5 million on social media and is now eyeing up gold in Paris, but she is still only 15 years old

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 26, 2024
Sky expressed in amazement as she shot an advertisement for Tag Heuer in the middle of the River Thames and watched a crowd of primary school children as she watched in awe.' "My family keeps me grounded.' He brings me right out. I have my Dad everywhere with me. 'But having positive people around me is really important.' Sky splits her time between the country of her birth and the United States, where she lived for many years as a young girl.

Sky Brown is aiming for a record of success in both skateboarding and surfing at the Paris Olympics, but the venues for the 15-year-old prodigy are 10,000 MILES apart

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 23, 2024
Sky Brown, an Olympic bronze medalist skateboarder, is attempting to qualify for both skateboarding and surfing at the Paris 2024 Olympics. Brown, 15, will be the first British athlete to do so in over 100 years, but she will have to travel 10,000 miles between the two locations in two days if she does. The surfing competition is scheduled to be held in Tahiti from 27 July to August, while skateboarding will be held on August 6th at La Concorde's Urban Park in Paris.

Sky Brown is the current skateboarding world champion, despite being only seventeen years old

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 13, 2023
Sky Brown, the Olympic bronze medalist, has earned the gold medal in skateboarding at the age of 14. Brown of the United Kingdom won gold in park skateboarding at the World Championships in Sharjah on Sunday, achieving a new personal record of 90.83 from her three runs. With a score of 89.63 from her second run, the teen was already at the top of the standings, but she didn't get her best until last to finish more than four points ahead of Japan's Kokona Hiraki.

Jessica Gadirova named as the BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year

www.dailymail.co.uk, December 21, 2022
Jessica Gadirova has been named as the BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year The 18-year-old gymnast, who was also selected in the six-person shortlist to win the evening's grand prize, beat diver Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix and 14-year-old skateboarder Sky Brown to clinch the award. Gadirova became the fifth British gymnast to win an individual world title after winning floor gold in her home city of Liverpool last month.

For BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year 2022, Sky Brown leads a three-woman shortlist

www.dailymail.co.uk, December 9, 2022
After a stellar 2022, three teen women make up the BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year shortlist. Sky Brown, a skateboarder, is the youngest of the trio, as well as two 18-year-old gymnast Jessica Gadirova and diver Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix. The shortlist was announced on BBC's 'Blue Peter' programme on Friday, and the winner will be announced ahead of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards, which take place on December 21.

Sky Brown, who is only 14 years old, has the world at her feet

www.dailymail.co.uk, December 4, 2022
Sky Brown (pictured) is one of the sport's top athletes at 14 skateboarding prodigy. She took home Bronze as Team GB's youngest-ever summer champion. She reveals how she is not daunted by anything and has overcome broken bones