Olympic skateboarder Alana Smith on mental health, chosen family and being nonbinary: 'I just felt like I was in the middle' Beth Greenfield. December 6, 2021 at 1:57 PM. Copied; ...

Skateboarder Alana Smith [they/them], 20, competed for Team USA at the Tokyo Olympics, and was one of two out non-binary athletes at the Games, alongside footballer Quinn of Canada.

LONDON, Aug 18, 2021 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Alana Smith's teenage years were not the stuff of Olympic dreams, growing up with a backdrop of family issues and struggles with mental health.

When skateboarding made its Olympic debut in Tokyo this year, one of its American team members, Alana Smith, made further history — by becoming the first nonbinary athlete to compete at the Olympic ...

Alana Smith didn't leave the 2020 Tokyo Olympics with a medal, but they're still a winner.. In a post shared to Instagram on July 26, the 20-year-old skateboarder, who is non-binary, reflected on ...

Alana Smith (they/them), American pro-skater in the #Tokyo2020 Olympics has been repeatedly misgendered by journalists. We hope there will be swift corrections. All athletes deserve to be ...

The USA Skateboarding Olympic team was announced June 21, Go Skateboarding Day. ... Jake Ilardi, Alana Smith, Mariah Duran and Alexis Sablone. Newsletters Games Share a News Tip. Featured. Featured.

Here, Smith talks with Yahoo Life about how they see gender, how they stay mentally healthy and just what it felt like to compete on the world’s biggest sports stage.

Skateboarder Alana Smith [they/them], 20, competed for Team USA at the Tokyo Olympics, and was one of two out non-binary athletes at the Games, alongside footballer Quinn of Canada.

When skateboarding made its Olympic debut in Tokyo this year, one of its American team members, Alana Smith, made further history — by becoming the first nonbinary athlete to compete at the Olympic ...