13-Year-Old Sky Brown Wins Laureus Comeback of the Year Award Leaving Behind Simone Biles, Tom Daley, and Other Nominees

13-year-old skateboarder, Sky Brown, won a historic award at the Laureus Awards 2020. The young athlete was awarded the Best Comeback of the year. Brown is the youngest athlete from Team Great Britain. In addition, she won a medal at the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics, which makes her the youngest medalist in her country.

However, her journey to earn this medal was not easy at all. In 2021, Brown suffered a horrific injury. Everyone thought that there was no coming back for her. But the young athlete stood tall in the face of adversity and made an iconic comeback.

Sky Brown has beat the likes of 7-time Olympic medalist Simone Biles and Gold Medalist Tom Daley to win this award. This is an achievement in itself.

Sky Brown wins a historic award

The Laureus Awards 2022 took place on April 24, 2022. Hosted by Lindsey Vonn, the event happened on a virtual platform, the reason being the unsure situation of the pandemic.

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Sky Brown, along with Simone Biles, Tom Daley, Marc Márquez, Annemiek van Vleuten, and Mark Cavendish was nominated for the World Comeback of the Year Award. All these athletes showed phenomenal strength in coming back even after multiple hurdles in their way. But it was unexpected that the youngest one of them would walk away with the award.

Brown herself was overjoyed at this honor and took to her Instagram to express her joy.

“Thank you to the Laureus Academy for voting for me. This is insane. I had some ups and downs. Falling and having a pretty bad accident and getting back up and winning a medal which is insane. I’m so thankful” #Laureus22 World Comeback of the Year Award winner, #SkyBrown pic.twitter.com/F01FZCjxoo

— Laureus (@LaureusSport) April 24, 2022

“Thank you to the Laureus Academy for voting for me. This is insane. I had some ups and downs,” said Brown. Notably, Brown had a serious injury back in 2020. She suffered from multiple skull fractures and a broken arm, fingers, and lacerations to her heart and lungs. This caused her to be in the hospital for weeks.

“Falling and having a pretty bad accident and getting back up and winning a medal which is insane. I’m so thankful for everything.” She added.

However, even after this life-threatening injury, Sky stood right back up and soon started gearing up for the Tokyo Summer Olympics 2020. At the park skateboarding event, the 13-year-old earned a bronze medal, making her country proud.

The young skateboarder has taken the world by storm

Sky Brown had the choice to either represent Team GB or Team Japan. But she chose to go with Team Great Britain and made them proud. At 13 years, Sky is the youngest ever athlete from Team GB and the youngest to win the medal.

Sky competed at the Vans US Open when she was eight years old. In addition, she also is the first female skater to land a front side 540 at 11. Brown not only skates but also surfs and dances. Notably, Sky Brown’s mentor is none other than skating legend Tony Hawk.

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