Margielyn Didal

Margielyn Didal’s meteoric rise has lifted the profile of skateboarding not just in her home country but for the entire region as she continues to blaze the way, going from skateboarding in the streets of Cebu at the age of 12 to winning gold medals at the 2018 Asian Games and 2019 Southeast Asian Games and qualifying for the Tokyo Olympic Games.

Country: Philippines
Sport: Skateboarding

Stats/Achievements

Gold medal, Asian Games (2018)
Gold, 2019 Southeast Asian Games
7th, 2020 Olympic Games
Winner, 2022 Exposer Open Pro Final
Winner, 2022 Red Bull Solus

With skateboarding it’s the same as with life; no matter how many times you fail, you come back up and keep going. Try and try again until you do your trick.”