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{{Infobox surfer | image= Bethany Hamilton 20070311.jpg | caption = | birth_name = Bethany Meilani Hamilton | birth_date = (1990-02-08) February 8, 1990 (age 34) | birth_place = Kauai, Hawaii, United States | death_date = | death_place = | residence = Kauai, Hawaii | nickname = B-Ham, Bethy, Beth | height = 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | weight = 130 lb (59 kg) | best_year =2002 | career_earnings = | sponsors = Rip Curl | major_achievements = ESPY Award (2004)
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-'''Bethany Meilani Hamilton''' (born February 8, 1990) is an [[United States|American]] professional [[surfing|surfer]]. She is known for surviving a [[shark attack]] in which she lost her left arm, and for overcoming the injury to ultimately return to professional surfing. She wrote about her experience in the 2004 autobiography ''Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to Get Back on the Board''. In April 2011, the feature film ''[[Soul Surfer (film)|Soul Surfer]]'' was released, based on the book and additional interviews.
-Hamilton has appeared on several shows since the loss of her arm.
-==Surfing career==
-{| class="wikitable"
-|- bgcolor=skyblue
-| colspan=4; style="background: blue; color: white" align="center" | '''Placings in surf competitions'''
-|- bgcolor=#bdb76b
-! Year!!Event and place!!Country
-|-
-| 1998 || Rell Sun Menehune: 1st place || {{USA}}
-|-
-| 2002 || Open Women's Division of the [[National Scholastic Surfing Association]]: 1st place || {{USA}}
-|-
-| 2004 || NSSA Regional Event: 5th place || {{USA}}
-|-
-| 2005 || NSSA National Competition: 1st place || {{USA}}
-|-
-| 2005 || O'Neill Island Girl Junior Pro tournament: 1st place || {{USA}}
-|-
-| 2006 || NSSA National Championship: 18-and-under Finalist: 5th place || {{USA}}
-|-
-| 2006 || Hawaii Team Highlights: 4th at Brazil event and 5th at World Games event in USA. || {{USA}}
-|-
-| 2007 || NSSA Regionals: 5th Place || {{USA}}
-|-
-| 2007 || Women's Pipeline Championship: 4th Place || {{USA}}
-|-
-| 2008 || US Open of Surfing - Huntington Beach, CA: 5th Place || {{USA}}
-|-
-| 2008 || Roxy Pro Surf Festival - Phillip Island, AUS: 3rd Place || {{AUS}}
-|-
-| 2009 || Rio Surf International in Rio de Janiero, Brazil: 3rd place || {{BRA}}
-|-
-| 2009 || Billabong ASP World Junior Championship - AUS: 2nd Place || {{AUS}}
-|-
-|}
-==Shark attack and recovery==
-On October 31, 2003, at the age of 13, Hamilton went for a morning surf along Tunnels Beach, [[Kauai]] with best friend [[Alana Blanchard]] and Alana's father and brother. Around 7:30 a.m., with numerous turtles in the area, she was lying on her surfboard with her left arm dangling in the water, when a 14–15 foot long [[tiger shark]] attacked her,<ref>{{cite web |title=About |work=Bethany's General Biography |publisher=BethanyHamilton.com |year=2003 | url=http://www.bethanyhamilton.com/ |accessdate=2007-09-17}}</ref> ripping her left arm off just below the shoulder. The Blanchards helped paddle her back to shore, then Alana's father fashioned a [[tourniquet]] out of a surfboard leash and wrapped it around the stump of her arm, before rushing her to [[Wilcox Health|Wilcox Memorial Hospital]].  By the time she had gotten there she had lost over 60% of her blood.  Her father was supposed to have hip surgery that morning, but she took his place in the operating room. She then spent seven more days in recovery at the hospital.
-Despite the trauma of the incident, Hamilton was determined to return to surfing and did get back into the water. Less than one month after the incident, she returned to her board and went surfing again. Initially, she adopted a custom-made board that was longer and slightly thicker, making it easier to paddle. She has observed that she has to kick a lot more to make up for the loss of her left arm. After teaching herself to surf with one arm, on January 10, she entered a major competition. She is now back to using competitive performance short-boards.
-In July 2004, Hamilton won the [[Best Comeback Athlete ESPY Award]].<ref>[http://espn.go.com/espy2004/s/04bestcomebacknominees.html 2004 ESPY Awards: Best Comeback], [[ESPN]].com, March 1, 2007</ref> She was also presented with a special "courage award" at the 2004 [[Teen Choice Awards]].
-In 2005, Hamilton took 1st place in the [[National Scholastic Surfing Association]] (NSSA) National Championships, a goal she had been trying to achieve since before the shark attack. In 2008, she began competing full-time on the [[Association of Surfing Professionals]] (ASP) World Qualifying Series (WQS). In her first competition against many of the world's best women surfers, she finished 2nd.
-==Media==
-Since the attack, she has been a guest on numerous television shows, including ''[[The Biggest Loser]]'', ''[[20/20 (US television series)|20/20]]'', ''[[Good Morning America]]'', ''[[Inside Edition]]'', ''[[The Oprah Winfrey Show]]'', ''[[The Ellen DeGeneres Show]]'', ''[[The Today Show]]'' and ''[[The Tonight Show]]'', as well as in magazines ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'', ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' and ''[[American_Girl#American_Girl_magazine|American Girl]]''. Additionally, she was the cover story in the premier issue of ''niNe'' magazine.<ref>[http://thegardenisland.com/news/article_15d110c8-4bc0-5459-b4db-dbd8c506752a.html "Shark attack survivor discusses products and jewelry lines in new mag"] Lanaly Cabali, [http://thegardenisland.com The Garden Island], June 30, 2006.</ref>
-In 2004, MTV Books published Hamilton's book, ''Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to Get Back on the Board'' (ISBN 0-7434-9922-0), which describes her ordeal. Her story is also told in the 2007 [[short subject]] [[documentary film]], ''Heart of a Soul Surfer'', directed by Becky Baumgartner. Described as a "faith-based documentary", the film addresses Hamilton's courage and faith in Jesus Christ in the aftermath of the shark attack, and follows her quest for spiritual meaning.<ref>{{cite web| title = Heart of a Soul Surfer |Carrie Inderwood and AnnaSophia Robb star in the Soul Surfer (the movie dedicated to Bethany Hamilton and her story)|publisher = Walking on Water | url = http://www.walkingonwater.org/films/heart_of_a_soul_surfer| accessdate = 2007-06-08 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| title = Heart of a Soul Surfer: The Bethany Hamilton Movie | url = http://www.heartofasoulsurfer.com/| accessdate = 2007-06-08 }}</ref>
-On Aug 07, 2009, she was a contestant on ''[[Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?]]'' and won $25,000. On May 16, 2010, she appeared on an episode of ABC's ''[[Extreme Makeover: Home Edition]]''.
-In March 2011, Bethany did a video for the Christian organization, [[I Am Second]], telling about her struggle after the shark attack and how she trusted in God to get her through it.
-On April 8, 2011, a [[docudrama]] feature film ''[[Soul Surfer (film)|Soul Surfer]]'', based on her 2004 book, was released. Hamilton is portrayed by [[AnnaSophia Robb]]—with [[Dennis Quaid]], [[Helen Hunt]], [[Craig T. Nelson]], [[Carrie Underwood]] and [[Kevin Sorbo]] also starring in the film. Hamilton performs all the one-armed surfing stunts in the film.
-On the Weekend of August 20, 2011, Bethany was a guest speaker at [[Fellowship Church]] in [[Grapevine, Texas]]. A video can be seen at its [http://www.fellowshipchurch.com/messages website] showing [[Edwin Barry Young|Pastor Ed Young]] interviewing Bethany. Fellowship Church saw over 25,000 people in attendance across the three services that is offered at five different campuses around the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex and in Miami, Florida.
-On October 11, 2011, she appeared on the TLC series ''[[19 Kids and Counting]]'', in the episode titled "Duggars Under the Sea", when the Duggar family visited her, in Atlanta, Georgia.
-==References==
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-==External links==
-* {{Official website|http://bethanyhamilton.com/}}
-* [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/12/30/earlyshow/leisure/books/main664024.shtml CBS News interview]
-{{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. -->
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-| ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Hamilton, Bethany Meilani (full name)
-| SHORT DESCRIPTION = A wonderful American surfer
-| DATE OF BIRTH     = February 8, 1990
-| PLACE OF BIRTH    = [[Kauai, Hawaii]], [[USA]]
-| DATE OF DEATH     =
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-}}
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