Michel Bourez (born 30 December 1985) is a French professional
surfer.
Biography
Bourez was born on the island of
Rurutu in the
Tuamotus Islands in French Polynesia and started surfing at age 13. European champion in 2006, Michel entered the ASP World Tour in 2009.
His best results on the World Tour came in 2014, with a fifth place in the overall classification, having won twice during the year; at
Margaret River Pro 2014 and
Rio de Janeiro
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and third place in
Fiji Pro.
His 2015 season was hampered by a severe injury in May, when doing a free surf session at
Teahupoo
Teahupoo () is a village on the southwestern coast of the island of Tahiti, French Polynesia, in the southern Pacific Ocean.
It is known for the surf break and heavy, glassy waves offshore, often reaching , and sometimes up to . It is the site of ...
. A fractured hand and cervical vertebra forced him out of the
Rio
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Rio or RÃo may also refer to:
Geography Brazil
* Rio de Janeiro
* Rio do Sul, a ...
and
Fiji events.
In 2016, he earned his third career victory at the
Billabong Pipeline Masters
The Billabong Pipeline Masters is an event in surfing held annually at Banzai Pipeline in Oahu, Hawaii. It was established in 1971, and has been sponsored by Billabong since 2007.
The event attracts the top 34 surfers from The World Surf Lea ...
, final event of the 2016 World Tour, finishing sixth overall.
He qualified to represent France at the
debut of surfing at the
2020 Summer Olympics
The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July.
Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 1 ...
.
Career and Results
* 2014:
** Winner of
Margaret River Pro 2014 at
Margaret River
The Margaret River is a river in southwest Western Australia. In a small catchment, it is the eponym of the town and tourist region of Margaret River.
The river arises from a catchment of just 40 square kilometres in the Whicher Range.
...
(Australia).
** Winner of
Billabong Rio Pro
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in
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a ...
(
Brasil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area an ...
).
* 2016:
** Winner of
Billabong Pipe Masters at
Banzai Pipeline on the
North Shore in
Oahu
Oahu () ( Hawaiian: ''Oʻahu'' ()), also known as "The Gathering Place", is the third-largest of the Hawaiian Islands. It is home to roughly one million people—over two-thirds of the population of the U.S. state of Hawaii. The island of O†...
(
Hawaï)''.
See also
*
ASP World Tour
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bourez, Michel
1985 births
French surfers
World Surf League surfers
Living people
Olympic surfers of France
People from Tahiti
Surfers at the 2020 Summer Olympics