Lizzie Armanto

Elizabeth Marika Armanto (born January 26, 1993) is an American-Finnish professional skateboarder.
Early life and career.
Armanto was born to a Finnish father and an American mother. She holds dual citizenship in the United States and Finland. She is of Filipino descent through her maternal grandfather.
Armanto grew up in Santa Monica, California. She started skating in 2007 with her younger brother and developed a love for skating bowls and vert. 
Armanto has won over 30 skateboarding awards. In 2010, 2011 and 2012, she placed first overall in the World Cup of Skateboarding points race. In 2013, Armanto won silver at the first ever Women's Skateboard Park event at X Games in Barcelona, Spain. She won the 2014 Van Doren Invitational in Huntington Beach, California.
In 2018, Armanto became the first female skater to complete The Loop, a 360-degree ramp.
>In January 2019, Armanto revealed that she will join the Finnish skateboarding national team and represent it in the Tokyo Olympics 2020.
Armanto married Belgian skateboarder, Axel Cruysberghs, on October 16, 2020.
Video game appearances.
Armanto is a playable character in the video games "Tony Hawk's Shred Session", "Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5" and "Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2".
Sports diplomacy.
In 2019, Armanto traveled to Denmark as a Sports Envoy for the U.S. State Department's Sports Diplomacy Office. 