Fay De Fazio Ebert is a Toronto-born Canadian park skateboarder, born November 19, 2009. She won Pan American Games gold at 13, made her Olympic debut at Paris 2024 at 14, and finished 20th. As of August 2026, she is 16 and is listed on Canada Skateboarding’s 2026/27 national team. Our related guide, Andre De Grasse 200m, goes further into this.
Her story stands out even in a sport known for young competitors. She started skating at eight, rose quickly through Toronto’s skate community, and became Canada’s youngest Olympic team member since 1976.
Fay De Fazio Ebert at a Glance
| Fact about Fay De Fazio Ebert | Details |
|---|---|
| Date of birth | November 19, 2009 |
| Age in August 2026 | 16 |
| Birthplace | Toronto, Ontario |
| Hometown | Toronto, Ontario |
| Sport | Skateboarding |
| Main discipline | Women’s park |
| Pan American Games | Gold, Santiago 2023 |
| Olympic debut | Paris 2024 |
| Paris 2024 result | 20th in women’s park |
| Current status | Canada Skateboard 2026/27 national team |
| Olympic distinction | Canada’s youngest Olympic team member since 1976 |
Team Canada confirms her birth date, Toronto roots, Pan Am title, Olympic appearance, and Paris result. Canada Skateboard currently lists her as a park athlete on its 2026/27 national team.
How She Started Skateboarding in Toronto
Her competitive career began with a casual March Break activity. In 2018, when she was eight, her parents took her to a free lesson hosted by Impact Skate Club near Toronto’s Danforth area. She took to the board quickly. Her parents bought her a skateboard later that day.
Toronto’s skate community became an important part of her development. She practiced at local parks and learned from skaters of all ages. That community setting also gave her early competition experience. At nine, she entered the Montreal stop of the Vans Park Series in July 2019 and reached the semifinals.
Later that year, she competed at the World Skate World Championships as the youngest athlete in the field. Her progress was not limited to one discipline. At the 2020 Canadian Championships, she earned silver in park and bronze in street.
Canadian sports fans interested in how young athletes develop around strong family support may also enjoy Lifevoria’s profile of Summer McIntosh’s parents and sporting family.
The Pan Am Gold That Put Her in the National Spotlight
Santiago 2023 became the breakthrough result that introduced the Toronto teenager to a much wider Canadian audience. At 13, she entered the women’s park final as the youngest athlete on Team Canada at those Games. Her first run scored 82.71. She improved to 84.66 on her second run, which remained the winning mark.
Brazil’s Raicca Ventura finished second with 82.54, while American Bryce Wettstein took bronze with 79.95. The result made the Canadian the first women’s park champion in Pan American Games history because skateboarding was making its Pan Am debut.
One small detail became part of the story. She competed with a feather from her pet duck, Richard, inside her helmet. Team Canada also highlighted the group hug among the competitors after the final. Then came an unusually normal return to life.
Two days after standing on top of the Pan Am podium, she was back at school. The mix of elite sport and ordinary teenage life helped make her story especially relatable to Canadian audiences.
From Pan Am Champion to the Paris 2024 Olympics
The Pan Am victory did not automatically guarantee an Olympic place. Qualification for Paris depended on World Skateboarding Rankings and Olympic qualifying events. One important result came at the Olympic Qualifier Series in Shanghai in May 2024, where she reached the semifinals.
Canada officially named her to its Paris 2024 skateboarding team in June. At 14, she became the youngest member of the Canadian Olympic team and Canada’s youngest Olympian since 1976. She competed in the women’s park preliminaries on August 6 at La Concorde.
Her first two runs earned scores of 18.66 and 30.00. Her third improved to 51.82, despite a late fall. That left her 20th overall and outside the eight-rider final. A 20th-place finish may look modest beside her Pan Am gold, but Paris represented another Canadian milestone.
Team Canada reported that she became the first Canadian athlete to compete in the Olympic women’s park event. Lifevoria readers following Canadian Olympic careers can also explore the site’s feature on Cassie Campbell’s Olympic career and life in 2026.
What Is She Doing in 2026?
Her Olympic debut was a starting point rather than an ending. Canada Skateboard’s current national team page lists her in park on the 2026/27 national team. The organization describes that team as representing Canada internationally while athletes work toward the LA 2028 Olympic cycle.
That does not mean any individual athlete has already qualified for Los Angeles. Olympic qualification takes place through the sport’s formal pathway and rankings. Her post-Paris competition activity has continued. Canada Skateboard reported that she returned to competition on the World Skate Tour in Rome during the 2025 season.
The current national-team selection matters because it shows she remains part of Canada’s competitive skateboarding program in 2026. For another current Canadian sports story, Lifevoria’s Quinn Hughes contract update follows a different athlete at another major career stage.
The Person Beyond Competition
Official and firsthand profiles give a picture of a teenager whose interests extend well beyond skateboarding. Team Canada says she enjoys drawing, animation, cross-country running, games with her younger brother Adrian, and traveling with a ukulele.
Her duck Richard also supplied the feather that became a recognizable competition good-luck charm. Toronto Life has documented the strong social side of her connection to skateboarding. She has spoken about learning alongside people ranging from children to adults and enjoying the shared excitement around new tricks.
Her family has also been present throughout the journey. She credited her mother’s support during the difficult opening runs in Paris, and earlier accounts describe her parents taking her to that first lesson at age eight.
Reliable sources do not provide trustworthy public figures for claims such as personal net worth, so any number circulating on celebrity databases is worth treating with caution, especially for a teenage athlete.
Why Her Career Matters in Canadian Skateboarding
Skateboarding entered the Summer Olympics only recently, which makes Canada’s competitive history in the sport much shorter than in hockey, swimming, or athletics. Her results already connect several important firsts. She became the inaugural Pan American Games women’s park champion.
She then became the first Canadian to compete in the women’s Olympic park event. She achieved both milestones before turning 15. Her rise also reflects the role of community skateparks and grassroots programs. Her first experience came through a free local lesson, not an elite academy.
Within a few years, she was representing Canada at major international events. For young Canadian skaters, that path offers a concrete example of how local participation can lead to national-team opportunities.
What Comes Next
At 16, the Toronto skateboarder already has a Pan American gold medal and the Olympic Games behind her. The next stage will be worth watching as international skateboarding moves toward the Los Angeles 2028 Games.
Her current national-team status gives Canadian fans a clear reason to keep following her results, while qualification for future Games will still have to be earned through the official process. For Lifevoria, her story fits a broader theme seen across Canadian sport: young athletes can reach the international stage quickly while still growing into their careers away from competition.
Frequently Asked Questions
She is 16 years old as of August 2026. She was born on November 19, 2009, in Toronto, Ontario, so she will turn 17 in November 2026.
She was born in Toronto and continues to be identified with Toronto, Ontario, by Team Canada and Canada Skateboard.
She started in March 2018 at age eight after attending a free skateboarding lesson in Toronto. Her parents bought her first board that same day.
Yes. She won gold in women’s park at Santiago 2023 with a best score of 84.66. She became the first Pan Am champion in the event.
She finished 20th in the women’s park competition at Paris 2024. Her best preliminary run received 51.82 points.
Yes. Skate Canada lists her as a park athlete on its 2026/27 national team. The current national program is moving through the competition cycle toward LA 2028.
