Hiroto Ohhara (大原洋人, ''Ōhara Hiroto'', born 14 November 1996 in

Chiba Chiba may refer to: Places China * (), town in Jianli County, Jingzhou, Hubei Japan * Chiba (city), capital of Chiba Prefecture ** Chiba Station, a train station * Chiba Prefecture, a sub-national jurisdiction in the Greater Tokyo Area on ...

) is a

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surfer. He placed 4th overall at the 2021 ISA World Surfing Games, earning

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for the

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. He competed in the men's shortboard event at the Olympics, where he was eliminated in the quarterfinals by eventual champion

Ítalo Ferreira Ítalo Ferreira (born May 6, 1994) is a Brazilian professional surfer hailing from a small community of Baía Formosa, in Rio Grande do Norte on the northeastern coast of Brazil. Ferreira is one of the most explosive surfers in the world, and is ...

of Brazil.

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