Nikki van Dijk (born 28 November 1994) is an
Australian
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professional surfer. She has been a touring competitor in the
World Surf League
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, the top flight of international professional surfing.
Career
Van Dijk won the women's world junior title in 2012 in
Bali
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. In 2013, she competed in the
Association of Surfing Professionals
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' Qualifying Series; she ended her season by winning the Pantin Classic Galicia Pro in
Spain
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, and qualified for the ASP Women's Championship Tour. As a
rookie
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, van Dijk finished 13th on the 2014 Women's Samsung Galaxy Championship Tour.
Van Dijk continued to compete at the highest level of the sport through 2021 with the
World Surf League
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, the successor to the ASP tour. In May 2015 she got her best result in a WSL CT competition in
Fiji
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, moving into
quarters. In 2021 she finished 13th on the WSL tour, below the automatic qualifying threshold for the 2022 season.
At the same time she was on tour, she competed in some Qualifying Series events. In June 2015 she won Los Cabos Open of Surfing at Zippers beach.
2015 was van Dijk's best year on the WSL tour, finishing the year with six quarter-finals in a row. She finished in 9th place for the season, and qualified to compete on the WSL tour again in 2016.
Career Highlights
Sponsors
Van Dijk's sponsors have included
Rip Curl
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, Channel Islands Surfboards,
Oakley and Kommunity Project.
References
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1994 births
Living people
Sportswomen from Victoria (state)
Australian female surfers
World Surf League surfers