Tatiana Guimarães Weston-Webb (born May 9, 1996[1]) is a Brazilian surfer based in Kauai, Hawaii.[1] She is also both American and English. She was the only rookie on the professional surfing World Championship Tour in 2015. Weston-Webb wears jersey number 9, and her 2016 'CT rank is number 4.[2][3] She competed in both the 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics for Brazil, winning silver in the latter.
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| Born | Tatiana Guimarães Weston-Webb May 9, 1996 Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Residence | Kauai, Hawaii, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 123 lb (56 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Best year | 2021 - Ranked #2 WSL World Tour | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sponsors | Body Glove, Sharp Eye Surfboards, Banzai Bowls, Sticky Bumps, Rockstar Energy Drink, Oi, UAG | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Stance | Goofy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shaper(s) | Sharp Eye Surfboards | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Personal life
editWeston-Webb's father, Douglas Weston-Webb, was born in England,[4] a descendant of a family engaged in the textile business.[5] The Weston-Webb name is a heritable double-barrelled surname, created through the marriage of two children from significant families in that industry.[5] He moved at an early age to the U.S. state of Florida, where he was raised.[5] He learned to surf at age eight and later became a "surf bum" and relocated to Kauai in his 20s.[5][6]
Weston-Webb's mother, Tanira Weston-Webb (née Guimarães), was a Brazilian professional body boarder, under sponsorship by two industry companies.[5] Tanira's sister, Andrea Guimarães, was also a bodyboarder.[1]
Douglas and Tanira met while she was in Hawaii.[5] They moved to Brazil, where Tatiana was born in 1996, in Porto Alegre.[1] Because of her father's birth in the United Kingdom, Tatiana also automatically acquired British citizenship by descent at birth. However, she has not applied for a British passport, and her father has not renewed his in many years.[5]
Within two months of her birth in Brazil, Weston-Webb and her parents moved to Hawaii.[1] At age 8, while watching her older brother Troy surf, Tatiana decided to take up the sport as well.[7][8] Surfing became a competition between the children, and Tatiana received her first surfboard soon afterward.[8]
In 2011, she played 11-year-old Bethany Hamilton in the film Soul Surfer.[9]
In 2020, she married longtime boyfriend Jessé Mendes dos Santos, a Brazilian fellow professional surfer from Guarujá, São Paulo, who competes under the name Jessé Mendes.[5] The pair married in an intimate beachfront ceremony held at the Princeville Resort, a Kauai hotel her father had worked at for many years, after the security guard allowed them to use the otherwise expensive site at no cost during the property's renovation.[5]
Competition background
editIn 2015 Weston-Webb secured a spot in the World Championship Tour.[10]
On April 29, 2018, she announced her switch to Brazil representation for the remainder of the 2018 WSL Championship Tour season, aiming to compete representing her native country in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, one of her dreams since surfing was announced as an official Olympic sport.[4] Weston-Webb ended her Tokyo campaign in the round of 16.[11] In the 2024 Summer Olympics, Weston-Webb reached the final, and only lost the gold to world champion Caroline Marks by a score of 0.18.[12]
Victories
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| Year | Event | Venue | Country |
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| 2022 | J-Bay Open | Jeffreys Bay |  South Africa
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| 2022 | MEO Pro Portugal | Supertubos |  Portugal
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| 2021 | Boost Mobile Margaret River Pro | Margaret River |  Australia
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| 2016 | Vans US Open of Surfing | Huntington Beach |  United States
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Media coverage
edit- 2016 Surfer Magazine Hot 100 #1 Women
- 2015 Free Surf Magazine Cover
- 2015 Surfing Magazine Body Glove ad
- 2014 Surfing Magazine online
- 2014 Featured on ASP website
- 2014 Surfline editorial
- 2014 Surfing magazine April issue
Competitive highlights
edit- 2016 4th place WSL Championship Tour Final Ratings
- 2016 3rd place WSL/ CT Roxy Pro France
- 2016 1st place Vans US Open of Surfing
- 2016 3rd place WSL/ CT Drug Aware Margaret River Pro
- 2016 3rd place WSL/ CT Rip Curl Women’s Pro Bells Beach
- 2015 WSL/ Championship Tour Rookie of the Year
- 2015 7th place WSL Championship Tour Final Ratings
- 2015 5th place WSL/ CT Target Maui Pro HI
- 2015 2nd place WSL/ CT Roxy Pro France
- 2015 3rd place WSL/ CT Cascais Women’s Pro
- 2015 1st in the overall rating for the WSL Qualifying Series
- 2015 5th place WSL/ CT Women’s Drug Aware Margaret River Pro
- 2015 5th place WSL/ CT Fiji Women’s Pro
- 2015 1st place WSL/ QS Paul Mitchell Super Girl Pro
- 2015 3rd place WSL/ CT Snapper Pro
- 2015 3rd place WSL/ QS Hurley Australian Open
- 2015 3rd place WSL/ QS Samsung Galaxy Hainan Pro
- 2014 Qualified to the WSL Championship Tour
- 2014 3rd place ASP/ QS Swatch Girls Pro
- 2014 GoPro winner at the CT Fiji event
- 2014 3rd place ASP/ QS Port Taranaki Pro
- 2014 2nd place ASP/ QS Super Girl Pro
- 2014 1st place ISA World Junior Champs
- 2013 1st place ISA World Junior Champs
- 2013 1st place Surfing America Championships
- 2013 3rd place ASP US Open Pro Juniors
- 2013 3rd place ASP/ QS Pantin Classic
- 2013 2nd place ASP World Junior Champs
- 12th overall on the ASP Women’s World ranking (*one spot from qualification to the ASP WCT)[13]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e "Surfing WESTON-WEBB Tatiana". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-07-25. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
- ^ "Tatiana Weston-Webb". World Surf League. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
- ^ "Body Glove - Wetsuits, Swimwear, Apparel & PFD's". bodyglove.com. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
- ^ a b "Tatiana Weston-Webb Officially Represents Brazil on the WSL CT". World Surf League. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Turpel, Joe; Weston-Webb, Tatiana (March 15, 2021). Caught Inside with Joe Turpel: Tatiana Weston-Webb Talks Waves of Consequence, Going From Rookie to Contender (YouTube). World Surf League. Event occurs at 9m 44s. Retrieved July 25, 2021.
- ^ "WHO WE ARE - Hanalei Beach Activities". cargocollective.com. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
- ^ Almodova, Colt; Pilotin, Cienna (15 July 2021). "Tatiana Weston-Webb". HawaiiNewsNow.com. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
- ^ a b "Faces: Elite Surfing's Newest Threat". worldsurfleague.com. 26 February 2015. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
- ^ olympics.com
- ^ Kewley, Gary (November 7, 2014). "KAUAI'S TATIANA WESTON-WEBB WINS BAHIA 4-STAR QS, EARNS 2015 WCT SPOT!". Surf News Network. Retrieved July 25, 2021.
- ^ Tatiana Weston-Webb é eliminada e está fora de Tóquio 2020
- ^ Paris Olympics: USA's Caroline Marks secures surfing gold medal in dramatic final over Brazil's Tatiana Weston-Webb
- ^ "Tatiana Weston-Webb « Icon Athlete Management". iconathletemanagement.com. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
