Leticia Bufoni Net Worth – $2 million
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Introduction
Leticia Bufoni (birth name – Leticia Bufoni e Silva) is a Brazilian Instagram celebrity and professional skateboarder, who is a 5-time gold medalist at the X Games as well as a 4-time winner of the World Cup Female Street Skate Championship.
Biography
Bufoni was born on April 13, 1993, in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Leticia began skating with a group of boys when she was nine years old. She said:
”I started when I was 9 years old; I was skating with all the guys in my neighborhood, and he [her father] was mad at me because I was the only girl in the middle of 10 guys.”
Bufoni went on to say:
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”He smashed my board in front of me and said, ‘You’re not skating anymore, ever again.’”
With the encouragement of her grandmother and mother, she continued to practice daily.
At the age of 14, Leticia went to compete at the 2007 X Games in Los Angeles. She traveled there with her father.
After the competition, Bufoni didn’t return to her natal country, but she enrolled at Hollywood High School. She said:
”I came to California with my dad in 2007 to skate in the X Games.”
Leticia later added:
Leticia Bufoni of Brazil looks on during the Women’s Skateboard Street Elimination round – @Getty
”I didn’t win, but I knew if I stayed in Los Angeles and kept skating, that I would eventually.”
About two years later, Bufoni won first place in the Maloof Money Cup. She also received $25,000 as a prize.
In 2015, she posed nude for ESPN The Magazine‘s Body Issue. Leticia declared at the time:
”I was really scared when they asked me to do it.”
Bufoni continued:
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”I didn’t know if people were going to like it. There are so many haters in skateboarding.”
In 2018, Leticia was named to the Forbes Brazil “Under 30” list.
She became a citizen of the US in April 2021.
