Kirsty Jones is a
Welsh
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professional
kitesurfer and pioneer in the sport of kitesurfing. She is a three-time British Kitesurf Champion, three-time Kitesurf World Wave Champion, and two-time Master of the Ocean Champion, and holds world records in long distance and solo kitesurf crossings.
Born in
Carmarthenshire, she made world headlines in 2002 when she was the first kitesurfer to cross the
Irish Sea
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, in a charity solo event raising over £5,000 for the
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's
Hospice
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near
Cardiff
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.
She first became UK Women's champion in 2002, and won the PKRA World Championship at the final 2008 event in
Essaouira
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,
Morocco
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.
She is sponsored by Animal, BWSURF, SUSO and SDF.
Trophies
Results of Kitesurf 2009
Kitesurfing World Champion 2009
Master of the Ocean Champion
Results of Kitesurf 2008
World Champion Kitesurf Wave
World Cup KPWT Wave Masters - Brazil - 1st
World Cup KPWT Wave Masters - France - 1st
World Cup KPWT - France - 1st
KPWT World Cup World Cup - Germany 1st
Results of kitesurf 2007
Ladies British Kitesurfing Wave Champion
1st-Kitesurfing Wave Masters World Cup - Morocco
1st Kitesurfing World Cup - Portugal
Results of kitesurfing 2006
1st - World Cup KPWT Wave Masters - Portugal
First crossing of Kitesurf in Charité Solo-Canary Islands in Morocco.
X-Fest Boarder Kitesurf Cross - 1st Lady
Ladies British Kitesurfing Wave Champion
Results of Kitesurf 2005
Las Tres Islas (Quadrilateral Challenge of the Three Islands - 1st Lady
Red Bull Master of the Ocean Champion - Dominican Republic
Mondial Du Vent - International Kitesurfing Competition - 2nd Lady
Kitesurfing World Wave Champion - PKR - Brazil
Results of Kitesurf 2004
PKRA Kiteboarding Coupé du Monde - Belgium - 2nd Lady
Beach Surf Competition
British Kite Board Tour - 1st Lady
Jinx Jam Contest - Senegal Africa - 1st Lady
Results of Kitesurf 2003
British Kitesurfing Champion
British Kite-Board Tour Champion
Results of Kitesurf 2002
First person forever Kitesurf from Ireland to Wales, Solo for charity.
Results of Kitesurf 2001
British Kitesurfing Champion
Pro World Kite-board - Cornwall - 1st Lady
Windfest Contest Animal-Poole - 1st Lady
References
External links
Official websiteOfficial Website of the PKRA World Kiteboarding Tour
1978 births
British kitesurfers
Female kitesurfers
Living people
People from Carmarthenshire
Welsh sportswomen
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