It took 14 years and 86 days to make an Olympic champion in skateboarding.

The winner of the women’s park event on Tuesday has been skateboarding for about half of her life. So, not that long.

Arisa Trew of Australia, who earned gold by navigating the contours of the tricky course faster and cleaner and more aggressively than the seven other finalists, is 14 years old. And 86 days.

Of the eight finalists on Tuesday, six were teenagers, but only one was younger than Trew, who, like many of her competitors, dispensed and received hugs after each 45-second run. On her third and final turn, Trew tamed all the drops and ridges and curves, linking tricks and jumps with pace and precision, earning a score of 93.18 to vault into first place.

Like so many Australians who live near the coast, Trew loves to surf. But some winters back, she found the waters too cold. She started going to a skate park with her father, took to the sport and, well, seven years later, here she is, Australia’s youngest ever Olympic gold medalist.