Rayssa Leal

Jhulia Rayssa Mendes Leal, (born 4 January 2008) is a Brazilian skateboarder and a silver medalist at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She is also known as "A Fadinha do Skate", translated roughly as "The Skate Little Fairy", a nickname she got after a video of her doing skateboarding tricks in a fairy princess costume at the age of seven went viral.

Quotes

 * I am very happy to hear from all the girls who have already sent me messages on Instagram telling me that they started skateboarding or that their parents let them start because of a video of mine. It was the same with me: I showed a video of Leticia (Bufoni) skateboarding, then my father saw it and said: 'All right'. My story and that of many other skaters who broke this prejudice, this barrier that skateboarding was only for boys, for men. Being here and holding an Olympic medal is very important to me.
 * Rayssa Leal. Mateus Baeta: Conto de fadas à brasileira: Rayssa Leal é prata no skate street, Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Brazil.


 * I try to have as much fun as possible, because I am sure that if I have fun, if I let it happen naturally, it flows.
 * Rayssa Leal. Mateus Baeta: Conto de fadas à brasileira: Rayssa Leal é prata no skate street, Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Brazil.


 * Since I started on social networks, it has always been a dream to gain my first million followers, and now I have two?
 * Rayssa Leal. Mateus Baeta: Conto de fadas à brasileira: Rayssa Leal é prata no skate street, Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Brazil.


 * I am very happy, because I was able to represent all the girls, Pamela and Leticia, who did not qualify, all the girls from skateboarding and from Brazil. To be able to realize my dream of being here and winning a medal is very gratifying. My dream and my parents' dream.
 * Rayssa Leal. Guilherme Costa, João Gabriel Rodrigues e Lorena Dillon: Rayssa Leal, a Fadinha, faz história e é prata no skate street nas Olimpíadas


 * I still can't believe it, but it looks like it was a big deal.
 * Rayssa Leal when talking about her placement on the podium. BBC: Tóquio 2020: Rayssa Leal é a medalhista mais jovem dos Jogos em 85 anos; conheça os prodígios