With a white feather from her pet duck Richard jutting from her helmet, skateboarder Fay De Fazio Ebert dropped into the Pan American Games park bowl and won a gold medal Sunday.

The 13-year-old from Toronto threw down a top score of 82.71 in the first of three rounds and bettered that mark in the second with an 84.66.

With the pressure on the other seven women to get to that number, De Fazio Ebert attempted a move sheB次元官网网址檇 been working in warm-up, a kick-flip indie, on her third pass.

It didnB次元官网网址檛 pan out, but sheB次元官网网址檇 already done more than enough to become the first gold medallist in womenB次元官网网址檚 park in Pan Am Games history. The sport is making its Pan Am debut in Santiago.

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BrazilB次元官网网址檚 Raicca Ventura vaulted to the silver medal in the third round with a score of 82.54. American Bryce Wettstein took the bronze at 79.95.

The moment wasnB次元官网网址檛 too big for the youngest athlete on the Canadian team in her first multi-sport Games.

De Fazio Ebert hugged her competitors and applauded them in warm-up before charging through the bowl with speed and agility on her opening pass.

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B次元官网网址淓very effort into the tricks, you know, thinking of one trick at a time.B次元官网网址�

De Fazio Ebert upped her degree of difficulty on her second pass by adding a backnose grind B次元官网网址� scraping one of her boardB次元官网网址檚 trucks with her back to the ledge.

B次元官网网址淪heB次元官网网址檚 a naturally gifted competitor,B次元官网网址� Canadian coach Sean Hayes said. B次元官网网址淪heB次元官网网址檚 got a lot of courage, sheB次元官网网址檚 fearless and she likes to go really fast.B次元官网网址�

Richard the duck provides the teen with the white feathers that she wears in competition.

B次元官网网址淚 believe he gives me good luck and I wear it to every contest,B次元官网网址� De Fazio Ebert said.

She and her younger brother Adrian also have a black duck named Nexo.

De Fazio Ebert is too young to live in the athletesB次元官网网址� village, so sheB次元官网网址檚 staying with her mother Elisabeth, who was bowl-side Sunday.

B次元官网网址淚 could see how she was skating this week and I believe that she could podium,B次元官网网址� Elisabeth said. B次元官网网址淚B次元官网网址檓 not sure if I expected gold or what. I didnB次元官网网址檛 think that way. But I felt like she had good runs and she was looking really good. So proud of her.

B次元官网网址淚 always say that the most important thing to me is after her competition, her runs, sheB次元官网网址檚 happy, sheB次元官网网址檚 smiling and sheB次元官网网址檚 proud of herself. ThatB次元官网网址檚 the biggest thing. DoesnB次元官网网址檛 matter where she ends up. I want her to be happy.B次元官网网址�

De Fazio Ebert liked cross-country running as an eight-year-old when she tried a free learn-to-skateboard camp in downtown Toronto.

B次元官网网址淚t was love at first skate,B次元官网网址� Elisabeth said.

Skateboarding made its Olympic Games debut in Tokyo two years ago and will be contested again next summer in Paris.

De Fazio Ebert needs to be ranked in the worldB次元官网网址檚 top 44 to get into a pair of Olympic qualifiers next spring. From those two events, the top 20 women go to Paris. De Fazio Ebert is currently ranked 23rd.

While the Pan Am Games donB次元官网网址檛 count toward rankings, De Fazio EbertB次元官网网址檚 appearance in Santiago will serve her well if she can represent Canada in Paris.

B次元官网网址淚tB次元官网网址檚 great experience in a multi-sport Games,B次元官网网址� Hayes said. B次元官网网址淭his is great to get used to it and also nice to know what it feels like to walk up on the podium and get to know that feeling.B次元官网网址�

De Fazio Ebert wasnB次元官网网址檛 the youngest competitor Sunday with 12-year-old Nico Russi Ochiai in the field, although the Colombian had a tough day completing one of three runs to score.