Mitch Parkinson (born 1997) is an Australian surfer who competes on the WSL (

World Surf League The World Surf League (WSL) is the governing body for professional surfers and is dedicated to showcasing the world's best talent in a variety of progressive formats. The World Surf League was originally known as the International Professional ...

) World Tour. On 29 September 2019, he won the

So Sri Lanka Pro 2019 The So Sri Lanka Pro 2019 was a surfing competition which was held as a part of the World Surfing League Qualifying Series 3000. This was the second edition of the Sri Lanka Pro League and it was also the first such event to be conducted since 201 ...

title as a part of the World Surf League defeating Indonesia's Oney Anwar in the final. It was also his first career WSL title. His cousin

Joel Parkinson Joel Parkinson (born 10 April 1981) is an Australian surfer who used to compete on the WSL (World Surf League). After twelve years competing at the elite level on the ASP World Championship Tour, a stretch that saw him win eleven elite ASP Wor ...

is also a professional surfer and a former world champion.

Career

He took the sport of

surfing Surfing is a surface water sport in which an individual, a surfer (or two in tandem surfing), uses a board to ride on the forward section, or face, of a moving wave of water, which usually carries the surfer towards the shore. Waves suitabl ...

at the age of 16 and competed at the international level from 2011. He finished fifth at the Gold Coast Open 2019 which was held in Australia. His best finish came at the So Sri Lanka Pro 2019 event, where he emerged as the winner of the tournament scoring a whopping 19.17 points. Following the tournament win, he jumped from 312th position to a career best 99th position in WSL world rankings.

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* 1997 births Living people Australian surfers World Surf League surfers {{Australia-surfing-bio-stub