DURAN Mariah

14 Dec 1996
24
Female
ALBUQUERQUE, NM
 
United States of America

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
SKB Skateboarding Women's Street 13

Schedule

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Biographical Information

Highlights

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World Skate World Championships
YearLocationStreet
2021Rome, ITA7
2019Sao Paulo, BRA5
2018Rio de Janeiro, BRA4

X Games
YearLocationStreet
2019Minneapolis, MN, USA3
2018Minneapolis, MN, USA1
2017Minneapolis, MN, USA10
2016Austin, TX, USA2
2015Austin, TX, USA8

WS SLS World Tour
YearLocationStreet
2021Rome, ITA7
2019London, GBR12
2019Los Angeles, CA, USA12
2019Sao Paulo, BRA12
2018London, GBR3
2018Rio de Janeiro, BRA3
2017Los Angeles, CA, USA3
2016Los Angeles, CA, USA4

Dew Tour
YearLocationStreet
2019Long Beach, CA, USA7
2018Long Beach, CA, USA5

World Cup Skateboarding overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017
YearStreet
20181 x 3rd
20171 x 1st, 1 x 4th

World Cup Skateboarding - Ten best performances since 2017
RankYearEventCompetitionLocation
12017StreetWorld Cup SkateboardingMontreal, QC, CAN
32018StreetWorld Cup SkateboardingParis, FRA
42017StreetWorld Cup SkateboardingRio de Janeiro, BRA
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Playing basketball, hiking and reading. (forbes.com, 23 May 2021; teamusa.org, 01 Jan 2021)
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Athlete
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English
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Turned professional in 2019
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In 2019 she suffered a stress fracture in her tailbone. (justwomenssports.com, 19 Nov 2020)
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She began skateboarding aged ten when she borrowed her older brother's board. She practised at Los Altos skate park in Albuquerque, NM, United States of America. (popsugar.co.uk, 14 Jul 2021; abcnews.go.com, 04 Jul 2021; onherturf.nbcsports.com, 22 Sep 2020)
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"My older brother picked up a board, because he saw some kids around the neighbourhood skating, and I kind of did what he did." (people.com, 14 Jul 2021)
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Winning her first X Games medal at the 2018 X Games in Minneapolis, MN, United States of America. "I think the first gold medal hit the hardest." (teenvogue.com, 13 Jul 2021)
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Her family. (forbes.com, 23 May 2021; olympics.com, 17 May 2021)
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She meditates before each competition. "I've been disciplining myself more in meditation, not just to use it when I absolutely need it, but to use it every day - not as a band-aid but as a vitamin. Having a clear mind is definitely key. Everyone's fallen victim to waking up and getting on Instagram. Your brain is fried and then you're like, 'What the heck?' Whereas you could take the extra step for the first hour of the day and do some new routine. I use the app Headspace and some breathing techniques. It helps me come to the present moment." (sfreporter.com,23 Jun 2021; forbes.com, 23 May 2021)
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"I'm going to keep going until I don't fall. If I fall, I'm still going to get back up." (popsugar.co.uk, 14 Jul 2021)

General Interest

Preferred stance
Goofy (dewtour.com, 01 Jan 2021)

General
TEAM USA BOND
She says she shares a close bond with the rest of the US skateboarding squad, having grown up competing with them. "The crazy thing is that we were all friends before the Olympics was even happening. We would visit each other in different places and stay with each other, we would sleep on each other's couches to go skate where they lived at. We were all really close before this and to be on a team is just really cool because now we get to travel and experience a moment like this together." (people.com, 14 Jul 2021)

GOING BACK TO HER ROOTS
During the COVID-19 pandemic she spent time living with her family in Albuquerque, NM, United States of America, where she had a concrete slab poured in her parent's back garden in order to build a half-pipe for her to train and skate with her brothers again. "Honestly, having the Olympics postponed was a blessing in disguise for me personally. The past few years have been an insane amount of traveling, insane amount of contests and also just other projects aside from getting ready for the Olympics. I never really had the time to take the time to understand where I'm at in my level of skateboarding and also what I need to do to help my body prepare for the Olympics. It's weird to say, but having this whole pause made me just realise that I have gotten into skateboarding before the Olympics was even an option. So it's kind of nice to know that the Olympics isn't everything to me, but it is definitely something that matters."(olympics.com, 17 May 2021; justwomenssports.com, 19 Nov 2020)

OTHER ACTIVITIES
She is part of a campaign in conjunction with Always which focuses on keeping girls playing sport though puberty instead of opting out. "I hope this message finds a young girl who's in that moment of being not too sure whether to give up or not. Because I feel like we take big steps by taking the small ones." (people.com, 14 Jul 2021)

Legend
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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