Fabiola da Silva

Fabiola da Silva (born June 18, 1979 in São Paulo), nicknamed Fabby, is a Brazilian rollerblader who competes on the LG Action Sports World Tour. She has received over fifty medals in the LG Action Sports World Tour events. She has received seven X Games gold medals and one silver, making her the most decorated female athlete in X Games history. In a seven-year stretch, she only lost one X Games event, finishing second in 1999.

She has been so dominant against women skaters that she forced the hand of the sport's administrators in respect of limited gender integration of the professional sport: in 2000, the Aggressive Skaters Association created the so-called "Fabiola Rule", which allowed women to compete in the formerly all-male vert competition. Since then, she has placed in the top ten several times in events where she competed against men.

In 2005, she became the first woman ever to land the double back flip on a vert ramp.

Fabiola da Silva features in the three-time Webby Award-winning Book of Cool.

She was romantically linked to pro skateboarder Sandro Dias for three years. As of August 2006, they were no longer a couple.

LG Action Sports World Championships medals

*Park X Games Medals
**2006 - 4th Place Vert
**2005 - 4th Place Vert
**2005 - 4th Place Park Women
**2004 - 5th Place Vert
**2004 - 1st Place Park Women

X Games medals

*Park X Games Medals
**2003 - 1st Place Park Women (Gold)
**2000 - 1st Place Park Women (Gold)
*Vert X Games Medals
**2002 - 1st Place Vert Women (Gold)
**2001 - 1st Place Vert Women (Gold)
**2000 - 1st Place Vert Women (Gold)
**1999 - 2nd Place Vert Women (Silver)
**1998 - 1st Place Vert Women (Gold)
**1997 - 1st Place Vert Women (Gold)
**1996 - 1st Place Vert Women (Gold)

Winterclash Results

* 2008: 2nd Place Girls

tyle

Fabiola is also well known for wearing tank tops, girl's boxer briefs and a nose ring.

Movies

Fabiola da Silva played the stunt double for Gabriella in the movie Brink!.

External links

* [http://www.fabioladasilva.com.br/ Official Website]
* [http://www.fabioladasilva.globoblog.com.br/ Blog site]
* [http://www.fabioladasilva.blog.oi.com.br/ Blog site]
* [http://www.bookofcool.com/html/trailerpop.asp?url=../dev/clips/blade.swf Fabiola in action]
* [http://expn.go.com/athletes/bios/DASILVA_FABIOLA.html EXPN profile]
* [http://www.asaskate.com/members/profiles/fabiola/ Aggressive Skaters Association profile]
* [http://www.rollernews.com/tag/fabiola+da+silva Fabiola da Silva related News on Rollernews.com]