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Surfing At The 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification
This article details the qualifying phase for surfing at the 2024 Summer Olympics. The competition at these Games will comprise a total of 48 surfers coming from their respective NOCs with a maximum of two to three per gender. All athletes must undergo a qualifying pathway to earn a spot for the Games through three successive editions of the ISA World Surfing Games, the World Surf League Championship Tour, and the Pan American Games. Host nation France has been entitled to use a single quota place each in both men's and women's shortboards. If one or more French surfers directly qualify through any of the tournaments, the host country place(s) shall be reallocated to the next highest-ranked eligible surfer at the 2024 ISA World Surfing Games. For the first time, the International Olympic Committee invites all interested and eligible NOCs to send surfers to the Games under the Universality rule. To be registered for a spot granted by the Universality principle, an eligible surfer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surfing At The 2024 Summer Olympics
Surfing at the 2024 Summer Olympics took place 27 July – 5 August 2024 in Teahupoʻo, Teahupoʻo reef pass, Tahiti, French Polynesia, breaking the record for the farthest away a medal competition has been staged from the host city. A total of 48 surfers (24 for the men's and women's competitions each) competed in the shortboard events, eight more than in 2020 Summer Olympics, Tokyo 2020. Venue The surfing competition was staged in Teahupo'o, Tahiti, in the French overseas collectivity of French Polynesia in the southern Pacific. The decision was made to hold the surfing competition in the French territory instead of continental Europe because of the famous massive waves on the island suitable for the surfing competitions. Tahiti is from Paris, setting a new record for greatest physical distance of a medal event from the host city, a record that was last set in 1956 when the equestrian events of the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, had to be held in Stockholm, S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
João Chianca
João Vítor de Azeredo Chianca (Saquarema, August 30, 2000), sometimes known as Chumbinho, is a Brazilian professional surfer in the World Surf League (WSL). He qualified for the 2024 Olympic Games. Life The younger brother of Lucas Chumbo and the son of Gustavo Chumbão, he made his debut in the main surfing competition in 2022. In the 2023 season, he was a semifinalist in the first two competitions of the season in Hawaii and won his first title in Portugal in Peniche, on Supertubos Beach. Career After debuting in the World Surfing Elite in 2022, Chianca was unable to maintain himself after the mid-season cut. Still in 2022, competing in Challenge Series, he reclassified and returned to the CT in 2023. Returning to the CT in 2023, Chianca had his best career finish. With a strong start to the season he had two 3rd places in the first two events and his first CT victory in the MEO Rip Curl Pro Portugal event beating Jack Robinson in the final. At the end of the seaso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabriel Medina
Gabriel Medina Pinto Ferreira (born 22 December 1993) is a Brazilian professional surfer. He won the 2014, 2018 and 2021 WSL World Championships. In two appearances at the Olympic surfing tournament, Medina won a bronze medal at the 2024 Olympic Games. In 2009, at age 15, Medina became the youngest surfer ever to win a major Qualifying Series event. He joined the World Surf League Tour in 2011 alongside eventual rival John John Florence, and in his rookie year he finished within the top 12 of the ASP (now WSL) World Tour. Since 2015, Medina has earned more Championship Tour victories than any other competitor. Media sources credit him as being the second person to have executed a maneuver called the "Backflip". Medina also became the first person to land this move in competition, during the Oi Rio Pro 2016. Life and career Medina was born in São Sebastião, São Paulo, and raised in the city's district of Maresias. He is the son of Simone Pinto Medina and Claudio de Je ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucca Mesinas
Lucca Mesinas (born 20 April 1996) is a Peruvian surfer. He qualified for the 2024 Olympic Games. In 2020, Mesinas won the inaugural edition of the Gordo Barreda Cup, a tribute to Peruvian surfing legend Sergio Barreda. He placed 7th overall at the 2021 ISA World Surfing Games, where he qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics. He competed in the men's shortboard event, winning his Round 1 heat over top American surfer Kolohe Andino. He was raised in the beach town of Máncora Máncora is a town and beach resort in the Piura Region, in northwestern Peru. It is located in the Talara Province and is capital of the Máncora District. The town has 10,547 inhabitants (2007). The Pan-American Highway serves as Máncora's .... References External links * * Peruvian surfers Living people 1996 births Surfers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic surfers for Peru World Surf League surfers Pan American Games gold medalists for Peru Pan American Games medalists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Stairmand
Billy Stairmand (born 21 October 1989) is a New Zealand surfer who competed in the men's shortboard event at the 2020 Summer Olympics. He qualified for the 2024 Olympic Games. Early life Stairmand was born and raised in Raglan, a beachside town on the North Island of New Zealand known for its surfing spots. He was taught to surf by his father around the age of 10 and began surfing competitively when he was 13. Career In 2010 Stairmand won his first national title, as well as his first ASP World Tour victory at the six-star Ferrolterra Movistar Pantin Classic. He established himself on the international scene the following year by defeating ten-time world champion Kelly Slater at the Telstra Drug Aware Pro in Australia. Stairmand won his sixth open men's title at the 2017 national championships, breaking a 30-year record formerly held by five-time champions Wayne Parkes and Iain Buchanan. In 2019 Stairmand collected victories at the Rip Curl Raglan Pro and the Gold Coast Open ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kauli Vaast
Kauli Vaast (born 26 February 2002) is a French professional surfer from French Polynesia. He qualified for the 2024 Olympic Games, where he won the gold medal in the men's competition. Early life Vaast was born in the town of Vairao on the island of Tahiti in French Polynesia. He has two younger siblings, a sister and a brother. His sister, Aelan, is also a professional surfer. Vaast first rode on a surfboard with his father when he was four years old, and began surfing on his own when he was six. When he was eight, Vaast surfed Teahupo'o for the first time, and won a local surfing competition, motivating him to train competitively as a surfer in France. Career Vaast is a three-time WSL European Junior Champion (2017, 2019, and 2020). In 2019, Vaast was victorious against Hawaiian surfer Tyler Newton at the 2019 Tahiti Pro Trials, winning a wildcard appearance at Tahiti Pro Teahupo'o 2019. There, he advanced to the Round of 16, where he was defeated by Jérémy Flor� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Cleland
Alan George Cleland Quiñonez (born 19 June 2002) is a Mexican surfer. He won a gold medal at the 2023 ISA World Surfing Games and is qualified to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics. Early life Cleland was born in the beachside town of , Colima, Mexico, to a Mexican mother and an American father. His father, Alan Cleland Sr., was a pro surfer from the San Diego area who moved to Boca de Pascuales and married a local woman. Alan Jr. did not begin learning English until he was six years old, and he attended a public primary school before switching to a home school curriculum. Cleland began surfing at a young age in his hometown, which is known for its rough waters, though he soon moved to California to further develop his talent. In 2014, he began representing his birth country in competitions. Career Cleland began competing on the World Surf League (WSL) Men's Junior Tour in 2015. The following year, at the age of 14, he competed in the under-18 category at the ISA World Junio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teva Bouchgua
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (also known as Teva Pharmaceuticals) is an Israeli multinational pharmaceutical company. Teva specializes primarily in generic drugs, but other business interests include branded-drugs, active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) and, to a lesser extent, contract manufacturing services and an out-licensing platform. Teva's primary branded products include Austedo (deutetrabenazine) which is used for the treatment of chorea associated with Huntington's disease and tardive dyskinesia; and Ajovy ( fremanezumab), used for the preventive treatment of migraine in adults. Additional branded drugs sold by Teva include Copaxone, Bendeka and Treanda, all of which are primarily sold in the United States. Teva is listed on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange. Its manufacturing facilities are located in Israel, North America, Europe, Australia, and South America. The company is a member of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufactur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John John Florence
John "John John" Alexander Florence (born October 18, 1992) is an American professional surfing, surfer. He is considered one of the most dominant Banzai Pipeline, pipe surfers of his era and won back-to-back world titles on the 2016 World Surf League and 2017 World Surf League Men's Championship Tour. He is the first Hawaii-born surfer to win back-to-back world titles since the late Andy Irons. Florence qualified to represent the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Surfing at the 2020 Summer Olympics, surfing's debut, as well as Surfing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification, qualified for the Paris Olympic Games. Early life Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, the oldest of three brothers. Florence grew up in Hale'iwa, Hawai'i, Hale'iwa in an ocean-side house at Banzai Pipeline. He was introduced to surfing by his mother, Alexandra, who is a surfer herself. With his mother's help, Florence first rode on a surfboard when he was six-months old, and he was surfing on his own ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Griffin Colapinto
Griffin Colapinto ( ; born July 29, 1998) is an American professional surfer who has competed on the World Surf League Men's World Tour since 2018. Colapinto has finished twice in the top three of the World Surf League Championship, in 2023 and 2024. He qualified for the 2024 Olympic Games where he was eliminated in the third round of the men's shortboard competition. Surfing career Colapinto has been surfing in competition since the 2011 men's junior season at 13 years old. In 2015, he won first place at the Junior Men's US Open of Surfing. As a junior surfer, Colapinto went viral in 2016 with an air-reverse to win a Qualifying Series heat at the Hawaii Pro. In 2017, he made the final of the WSL's World Junior Championship. He finished the year winning the Triple Crown in Hawaii and claimed the top spot in the Qualifying Series rankings. He thus qualified for the following year's Championship Tour. At the 2018 Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast he completed a triple-barrel an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jordy Smith
Jordan Michael "Jordy" Smith (born 11 February 1988) is a South African professional surfer, competing on the World championship tour surfing (WCT). In 2007 Smith won surfing's World Qualifying Series, the second-tier tour which leads to qualification for the World championship tour (WCT) surfing. Jordy Smith won both the 2010 and 2011 Billabong J-Bay competitions in South Africa. He has also won 2014 and 2016 Hurley Pro at trestles California . In 2013 he won the Rio Pro in Brazil. All of these contests are part of the world championship tour. Smith grew up in Durban and started surfing at age 3. He attended a local Durban high school, Glenwood High School. Smith is known for the manoeuvres "rodeo flip" and full rotation "alley-oops", and he has been sponsored by O'Neill since 2007. In 2014, Smith married South African model Lyndall Jarvis. Outside surf, Smith is a supporter of S.L. Benfica. He qualified to represent South Africa at the 2020 Summer Olympics The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
