Sena Tomita (冨田 せな, Tomita Sena, born 5 October 1999) is a Japanese snowboarder. She competed in the 2018 Winter Olympics,[1] and the 2022 Winter Olympics, where she won the bronze medal in the halfpipe event.[2]
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Nationality | Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Myoko, Niigata, Japan | 5 October 1999||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Snowboarding | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Life and career
editIn 2022, Tomita won a gold medal in the halfpipe event at the 2022 Winter X Games In Aspen.[3]
For the 2022-2023 season, she announced she would not compete due to health issues.[4]
Her younger sister is snowboarder Ruki Tomita.
References
edit- ^ "Athlete Profile: Sena TOMITA - Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Winter Games". www.pyeongchang2018.com. Archived from the original on 3 February 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
- ^ "Sena TOMITA". olympics.com.
- ^ "Japan's Tomita stuns Mastro to win gold in Winter X Games". South China Morning Post. 23 January 2022. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
- ^ "Snowboarding: Japan's Olympic halfpipe medalist Sena Tomita to miss season". Kyodo News+. 9 December 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2023.