Wilson, 19, was the first Australian woman to compete in street skateboarding at an Olympic Games as the discipline made its debut in Tokyo.
The goofy-footed Victorian Institute of Sport star began her heat well on the world stage, finishing her two runs with a combined total of 4.24 — a very competitive effort.
It put Wilson in with a chance to progress to the final ahead of her five-trick attempts, but with the first four garnering no score the teenager was forced to bank a score in the last and finish with a total of 5.34.
It left Wilson on the bubble in eighth spot for qualification after her heat — which was the second of four — but by the time all competitors had taken to the arena she was pushed down to 16th.
Wilson has had a career-best ranking of sixth in the world, and came into the Tokyo Games with a gold medal in the 2020 Oceania Continentals — held in Melbourne — and is a five-time Australian Skateboard League national champion.
She started skateboarding at the age of eight after her brother convinced her to buy a board, while she qualified for her first X-Games when she was 15 — making her the youngest woman in history to do so in the street division.
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Wilson was also named Mansfield Shire Sports Person of the Year in 2018 and Mansfield Young Citizen of the Year in 2019.
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