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'''2010 Results - Current Ranking World #2'''<br /> |
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Revision as of 20:58, 22 August 2010
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| Sally Fitzgibbons | |
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| Personal information | |
| Residence | Perth, Australia |
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) |
| Surfing career | |
| Best year | 2008 |
| Major achievements | ASP World Junior Champion 2007, ISA World Champion 2008, 2nd Gidget Pro Sunset Beach, 5th Place ASP World Tour 2009
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| Surfing specifications | |
| Stance | Regular |
Sally Fitzgibbons is an Australian professional surfer on the Association of Surfing Professionals World Tour (2009, 2010). She was born in Gerroa, NSW Australia, in December 1990.
Fitzgibbons started surfing at a young age, winning the Icon All-Girls Open Event [1] in 2006 age 16, Lennox Head. She represented her State and Australia on many occasions in a number of different sports, including Athletics winning Gold [2] at the [2007 Australian Youth Olympic Festival] 800m and 1500m, Touch Football, Soccer, Surfing and Cross Country running while attending Kiama High School.
As a surfer Fitzgibbons had her first significant results at the age of 14 becoming the youngest surfer male or female to win an Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) Pro Junior (Under 21’s) event and also finishing second at the World Qualifying Series (WQS) Billabong Easter Girls Festival [3] the same day. She continued to set records throughout her junior years winning the Australasian Pro Junior Series in 2007 and 2008. Fitzgibbons represented Australia at the International Surfing Association (ISA) U18 World Surfing Titles in Brazil placing second age 15; at 16 she traveled to Portugal for the ISA U18 World Titles to win her first World Title [4] and backed it up the following year winning both the Billabong ASP U21 World Title and the ISA World Games Open Title [5].
In her first attempt to reach the Women’s elite World Surfing Tour via the World Qualifying Series Fitzgibbons set a record by wrapping up the 2008 WQS series in the first 5 events to become the youngest and quickest, male or female, World Surfing Tour qualifier in ASP history [6].
2009 saw Fitzgibbons finish 5th on the World Surfing Tour in her rookie year, with a win at the Portugal WQS event along the way.
Fitzgibbons is currently on the Women's 2010 [7] ASP World Tour. She has been runner-up at three of the five events in 2010 and currently sits second on the World Tour rankings [8].
Notable Results
2010 Results - Current Ranking World #2
• 2nd ASP Movistar Classic WT Peru
• 1st ASP Estoril Surf Festival 6 Star WQS Guinch Portugal
• 2nd ASP Beachley Classic WT Dee Why Australia
• 2nd ASP TSB Bank Pro WT Taranaki New Zealand
• 3rd ASP RipCurl Pro WT Bells Beach Australia
• 2nd ASP Drug Aware Pro 6Star WQS Margaret River
2009 Results - 5th WT Ranking
• 3rd ASP Billabong Pro WT Honolua Bay Maui Hawaii
• 2nd ASP Gidget Pro WT Sunset Beach Hawaii
• 3rd ASP Ripcurl Pro WT Lobitos Peru
• 1st ASP Estoril Festival 6 Star WQS Guinch Portugal
• 3rd ASP RipCurl Pro WT Bells Beach Australia
References
- Mercury Newspaper, Fitzgibbons Runner-Up Yet Again Source for Results/World Number 2 Ranking.
- Lake Times Newspaper, Sally In The Fast Layne Source for Victory Over Layne Beachley/Emerging Talent.
- The Australian Newspaper, Sally On The Crest Of A Wave Source Emerging Talent.
- Daily Telegraph Newspaper, Fitzgibbons Falls Just Short Source for World Number 2 Ranking.
- International Surfing Association, List of ISA World Champions Source for world champions 1964-1972.
Notes
- ^ "All Girls Showdown -". Retrieved 2010-07-31.
- ^ "The Day Sally Ditched Athletics For Surfing -". Retrieved 2010-07-31.
- ^ "14-Year-Old Sally Fitzgibbons Etches Name in Australian Surf History -". Retrieved 2010-07-31.
- ^ "ISA World Gold Medalists -". Retrieved 2010-07-31.
- ^ "ISA World Surfing News -". Retrieved 2010-07-31.
- ^ "Sally Sets Off To Take On Worlds Best -". Retrieved 2010-07-31.
- ^ "Sally World Tour Profile -". Retrieved 2010-07-31.
- ^ "ASP World Ranking -". Retrieved 2010-07-31.