Home / Birthday profiles / Rayssa Leal
Portrait of Rayssa Leal

Birthday profile

Rayssa Leal

Brazilian skateboarder

Find birthday twinsOpen interactive profile
Born
January 4, 2008
Age in 2026
18
Zodiac sign
Capricorn
Birth year
2008

About Rayssa Leal

Jhulia Rayssa Mendes Leal is a Brazilian professional skateboarder who won a silver medal in women's street skateboarding at the 2020 Summer Olympics and a bronze medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics. Leal first gained attention at the age of 7, when a video of her skating in a tutu and jumping off tall structures on her skateboard went viral online. In 2021, Leal competed in the pandemic-delayed 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo at the age of 13, the youngest Brazilian ever to participate in the Olympic Games.

Biography source: Wikipedia. The profile adds birthday-specific historical context from the Celebs Birthday Today editorial database.

The world when Rayssa Leal was born

Rayssa Leal was born in 2008. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 2008

  • #1 song"Low" – Flo Rida ft. T-Pain
  • Top movieSlumdog Millionaire
  • Top TV showAmerican Idol
  • Best-selling bookThe Shack – William P. Young

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentMichael Phelps wins 8 gold medals at Beijing Olympics
  • Top headlineBarack Obama elected as first Black president of the United States
  • Technology milestoneBitcoin whitepaper published
  • Defining fadObama "Hope" poster
  • Notable inventionBitcoin whitepaper published
  • World population6.71 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderGeorge W. Bush
  • Sports championPhiladelphia Phillies (World Series)
  • Also wonBoston Celtics (NBA)
  • U.S. population304.1M

2008 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Rayssa Leal's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure20082026
Gas$3.27$3.45/gal
Average home$196,600$435,000
Average income$61,521$67,500
Minimum wage$6.55$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$7.18$11.95
Postage stamp$0.42$0.73
Population304.1M341 million

Sources and editorial standards

This profile combines a biographical source with structured birthday and historical context. Sources recorded for this profile: Wikipedia, International Olympic Committee, Olympedia. See our editorial policy for sourcing, corrections, and review standards.

Read the source biography on Wikipedia. Wikipedia text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.