Mia Kretzer

Mia Kretzer
Krezter at the 2025 Western Australian Sport Awards
Personal information
NicknameMims
Born (2014-10-05) 5 October 2014
Perth, Western Australia
Sport
Country Australia
SportSkateboarding
Event
Vert
Medal record
Women's skateboarding
Representing  Australia
X Games
Gold medal – first place2024 VenturaVert best trick
Gold medal – first place2026 ChibaVert best trick
Gold medal – first place2026 SacramentoVert
Gold medal – first place2026 New OrleansVert best trick
Silver medal – second place2026 ChibaVert
Silver medal – second place2026 New OrleansVert
Bronze medal – third place2026 SacramentoVert best Trick

Mia Kretzer (born 5 October 2014) is an Australian skateboarder. She is the youngest competitor and gold medalist in X Games history.

Early life

Kretzer attends Bateman Primary School in Bateman, Western Australia. She began skateboarding at five years old after attending a skateboarding clinic. She is self-taught and doesn't have a coach.[1]

Career

In April 2024, Kretzer was selected to compete at Tony Hawk's Vert Alert competition.[2] She then made her X Games debut in June 2024 where she became the youngest competitor in X Games history. During the best trick competition she landed a 720 and won a gold medal.[3] At age 9 years, 8 months, she became the youngest gold medalist in X Games history.[4] She defeated reigning champion, and fellow Australian, Arisa Trew, who failed at her final two attempts to complete a 900.[5] She was officially awarded three Guinness World Records for the Youngest X Games Athlete, Youngest X Games medalist (female) and Youngest X Games gold medalist (female).[6] She was named the 2025 Western Australian Junior Sport Star.[7]

In March 2026, at age 11, she was the youngest athlete drafted in the inaugural X Games League draft. In June 2026, she competed at the inaugural X Games League competition in Sacramento, California and won a gold medal in the vert event and a bronze medal in the vert best trick event.[8][9] Weeks later, she competed at the Skate Australia National Park Championships at the Gold Coast and won a gold medal in the Rumble on the Beach park event.[10]

References

  1. ↑ Mitchell, Rhianna (23 March 2025). "Mia Kretzer: WA's pint-sized 10-year-old skateboarding champion set for huge 2025". The West Australian. Retrieved 14 July 2026.
  2. ↑ Evensen, Jessica (25 April 2024). "Baldivis 9yo Mia Kretzer selected to compete in international Tony Hawk's Vert Alert skateboarding comp". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 14 July 2026.
  3. ↑ "The Phenom: 9-Year-Old Mia Kretzer Makes X Games History". greaterthanthegame.org. 9 July 2024. Retrieved 14 July 2026.
  4. ↑ "Mia Kretzer became the youngest X Games gold medalist". Orange County Register. 29 June 2024. Retrieved 14 July 2026.
  5. ↑ Pavlou, Anna (1 July 2024). "Nine-year-old Aussie skateboarding prodigy becomes youngest X Games gold medallist, eyes 2028 Olympics". Nine.com.au. Retrieved 14 July 2026.
  6. ↑ "Australia's Rising Star Mia Kretzer Shatters Three Guinness World Records". skateboarding.com. 7 October 2024. Retrieved 14 July 2026.
  7. ↑ Rynne, Nick (26 February 2026). "Golfer Minjee Lee crowned WA's Athlete of the Year". perthisok.com. Retrieved 14 July 2026.
  8. ↑ "11-year-old skateboard phenom seeks more gold at X Games in Sacramento". abc10.com. 25 June 2026. Retrieved 14 July 2026.
  9. ↑ "Mia Kretzer". xgames.com. Retrieved 14 July 2026.
  10. ↑ "Park Champions Crowned at Gold Coast Festival of Skateboarding". skateaustralia.org. 13 July 2026. Retrieved 14 July 2026.
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