Tyler Wright
Personal information
Born (1994-03-31) 31 March 1994 (age 30)
Culburra Beach, New South Wales, Australia
ResidenceGerroa, New South Wales, Australia
Height5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Weight149 lb (68 kg)
Surfing career
Best year1st - WSL World Tour (2016, 2017)
SponsorsRip Curl, Monster Energy Drink, Oakley, Ocean & Earth, Power Base Fins[1]
Major achievements
Surfing specifications
StanceRegular (natural foot)
Medal record
Women's surfing
Representing  Australia
World Games
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Arecibo Team

Tyler Wright (born 31 March 1994) is an Australian professional surfer on the WSL World Tour.[2][3] She is a consecutive WSL Women's World Champion (2016, 2017). She qualified for the 2024 Olympic Games.

Early life

Wright, who is from a close-knit surfing family, grew up at Culburra Beach, a surf spot about two hours south of Sydney near Nowra.[4] Her four siblings are Owen, Kirby, Mikey, and Tim. Her father, Rob, a passionate surfer, and her mother, Fiona, drive the whole family around Australia following the amateur scene.[5]

Identifying as bisexual,[6] Wright has been married to Lilli Baker since 2022; the two had met in Newcastle the previous year while Baker was working at a local cafe and Wright was present for a surfing competition.[7]

Career

At the age of 14, Wright overtook a number of champions, some of whom were twice her age, to become the youngest-ever winner of a Championship Tour event,[8] Layne Beachley's Beachley Classic in 2008. Wright joined the World Surf League Women's Championship Tour in 2011,[9] and won World Titles in 2016[10] and 2017.[11]

Media

Australian TV channel ABC featured her in its biographic documentary program Australian Story on national television in March 2017.[8]

In 2018 she fell ill with chronic fatigue syndrome after influenza A.[12]

Career victories

WSL World Tour Wins
Year Event Venue Country
2008 Beachley Classic Manly Beach  Australia
2010 O'Neill Women's World Cup Sunset Beach, Hawaii  Hawaii
2013 Roxy Pro Gold Coast Kirra, Queensland  Australia
2013 Colgate Plax Girls Rio Pro Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro  Brazil
2014 U.S. Open of Surfing Huntington Beach, California  United States
2014 Roxy Pro France Soorts-Hossegor  France
2015 Roxy Pro France Soorts-Hossegor  France
2016 Roxy Pro Gold Coast Snapper Rocks  Australia
2016 Drug Aware Pro Margaret River Margaret River  Australia
2016 Oi Rio Pro Rio de Janeiro  Brazil
2016 Swatch Women's Pro Trestles San Clemente  United States
2016 Maui Women's Pro Maui  Hawaii
2017 Oi Rio Women's Pro Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro  Brazil
2021 Maui Pro presented by ROXY at Pipeline Banzai Pipeline, Oahu  Hawaii
2022 Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach Bells Beach, Victoria  Australia
2023 Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach Bells Beach, Victoria  Australia

WSL World Championship Tour

Tournament 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Roxy Pro Gold Coast 2nd 3rd 1st 5th 3rd 1st 5th
Rip Curl Pro 5th 3rd 2nd 2nd 5th 5th 3rd
Margaret River Pro — — 2nd 2nd 5th 1st 2nd
Rio Pro 5th 9th 1st 3rd 3rd 1st 1st
Fiji Pro — — — 9th 9th 13th 3rd
US Open of Surfing 9th 9th 3rd 1st 13th 3rd 5th
Swatch Women's Pro at Trestles — — — 5th 5th 1st 9th
Cascais Women's Pro — — 5th 1st 9th 2nd 13th
Roxy Pro France 9th 2nd 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Maui Women's Pro — — — — 5th 1st 3rd
TSB Bank Women's Surf Festival 3rd 5th 9th — — — —
Beachley Classic 5th 3rd — — — — —
Rank 4th 4th 2nd 2nd 5th 1st 1st
Earnings $44,000 $47,500 $83,000 $259,000 $171,500 $400,500 $215,250

References

  1. ^ "Tyler Wright | Surf News". Archived from the original on 21 December 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  2. ^ "Shop Surf Apparel, Wetsuits and Watches | Rip Curl Australia".
  3. ^ "Tyler Wright Surfer Bio | Age, Height, Videos & Results".
  4. ^ Basic bio
  5. ^ James Buckley, article Tyler Wright dedicates the world surfing title to her late uncle. Sydney Morning Herald 13 October 2013 [1]
  6. ^ Law, Benjamin. "Not straight, not blonde: Tyler Wright on trumping surfing's monoculture". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  7. ^ Achenza, Madeleine. "Pro surfer Tyler Wright marries partner in intimate lounge room wedding". news.com.au. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  8. ^ a b 27 March, 2017 Australian Story, "All for the Family"
  9. ^ "Tyler Wright's Unstoppable New Sense Of Purpose". World Surf League. 17 February 2022. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
  10. ^ "Tyler Wright wins maiden WSL Women's Championship Tour title". Retrieved 4 April 2024.
  11. ^ "Wright wins 2017 World Surf League title at Honolua Bay, Maui". ABC News. 1 December 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
  12. ^ 21 November, 2018 The Guardian, "Surf champion Tyler Wright reveals struggle with chronic fatigue"

External links

WSL Championship Tour Roster
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