Tyler Wright | |||||||||||||||
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Born | Culburra Beach, New South Wales, Australia | 31 March 1994||||||||||||||
Residence | Gerroa, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 149 lb (68 kg) | ||||||||||||||
Surfing career | |||||||||||||||
Best year | 1st - WSL World Tour (2016, 2017) | ||||||||||||||
Sponsors | Rip Curl, Monster Energy Drink, Oakley, Ocean & Earth, Power Base Fins [1] | ||||||||||||||
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Stance | Regular (natural foot) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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).
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]
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, and won World Titles in 2016 and 2017.
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. [9]
Tournament | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
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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 |
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