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Lola Tambling
Lola Tambling (born 28 February 2008) is a British skateboarder. She is the reigning 2024 British national champion in the women's park discipline, and was previously the 2022 champion.[1] She competed in the women's park event at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. Early lifeTambling is from Saltash in Cornwall, United Kingdom.[2] Her parents are Martyn Tambling, a builder, and Stephanie Tambling.[2][3] She became interested in skateboarding at the age of seven when her parents opened a skatepark.[3] Seeing her father, a professional BMX rider, do tricks on his bike inspired her to do the same on her skateboard.[4] CareerTambling learned new skateboarding tricks from social media.[5] In 2022 she became the British national skateboarding champion. In 2023, she placed 6th at the Skateboarding World Championships in Sharjah.[6] Her teammate, Tokyo 2020 Olympic medallist Sky Brown, won the event. Their placements in this event qualified them both for the 2024 Olympic Games.[5] Tambling and Brown were joined on the British Olympic skateboarding team by multiple X Games medallist Andy Macdonald. Both Tambling and Brown were 16 at the Games, while Macdonald was 51.[7] Tambling and Brown were among the youngest members of Team GB at the 2024 Olympics.[8][9] Tambling placed 15th overall in the preliminary round with a high score of 73.85 and, due to only the top eight qualifying, did not advance to the finals.[10] On 13 October 2024, Tambling won the British national championship for a second time. References
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