Sally Fitzgibbons
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Sally Fitzgibbons
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Sally Fitzgibbons is an Australian professional surfer on the Women's ASP World Tour (2009, 2010). Sally was born in Gerroa, NSW Australia, in December 1990, the youngest of 4 children with 3 older brothers.
Sally played a wide variety of sports growing up and gained recognition quickly at the elite level progressing to various academies including the Illawarra Academy of Sport (Athlete of the Year), NSW Institute of Sport (NSWIS) and the High Performance Centre at Casuarina (Surfing Australia HQ) for Surfing.
Sally started surfing at the age of 7 with her brothers and it wasn’t until she was 11 that she looked for competition, winning her first competition the following year, the Icon All-Girls U14's, Lennox Head. Sally represented her State and Australia on 14 occasions in a number of different sports, including Athletics (winning Gold at the Youth Olympics 800m and 1500m in 2007), Touch Football, Soccer, Surfing and Cross Country running while attending Kiama High School.
As a surfer Sally 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 Festival the same day. She continued to set records throughout her junior years winning the Australasian Pro Junior Series in 2007 and 2008. Sally 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 and backed it up the following year winning both the Billabong ASP U21 World Title and the ISA World Games Open Title.
In her first attempt to reach the Women’s elite World Tour via the World Qualifying Series Sally set a record by wrapping up the 2008 series in the first 5 events to become the youngest and quickest, male or female, World Tour qualifier in ASP history.
2009 saw Sally finish 5th on the World Tour in her rookie year, with a win at the Portugal WQS event along the way.
Fitzgibbons is currently on the Women's 2010 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.
Sponsors: Roxy Wetsuits and Clothing, Red Bull, Etnies shoes, DHD Surfboards, Boost Mobile, FCS and Gorilla
Surfboard Quiver: 5'8" to 6'8"
Favorite Waves: Green Island (NSW, Aust), Macaronis (Mentawais), Honolua Bay (Hawaii)
===== 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
2008 Results - 1st WQS Ranking
• 3rd ASP US Open WQS Huntington Beach
• 2nd ASP Bahia Billabong Eco Pro Brazil 5* WQS
• 2nd ASP Midori Pro 6* WQS Newcastle
• 1st ASP Arrive Alive 4* WQS
• 1st ASP Roxy Surf Festival 6* WQS
• 1st ASP Billabong World Pro Junior Championship
2007 Results - 1st Pro Junior Ranking
• 1st ASP Oakley Beachley Classic Trials
• 1st Australasian Pro Junior Series
• 1st ASP Wollongong Pro Junior
• 1st NSW State Titles Central Coast
• 3rd ASP US Open WQS Huntington Beach
• 1st ISA World Junior Champion Portugal
• 1st ASP Burleigh Head Pro Junior
2006 Results
• 1st U18's Australian Titles Ballina
• 1st Rusty Gromfest 16's Lennox Head
• 1st Open Pro All Girls' Showdown Lennox Head
• 2nd ISA World Junior Titles Brazil
• 2nd ASP WQS Central Coast NSW
• 2nd ASP WQS Billabong Easter Festival Maroochydore QLD
• 1st Australian RipCurl Gromsearch Final Bell's Beach
• 1st ASP Billabong Proteen Pro Junior Newcastle
• 1st ASP Billabong Proteen Pro Junior Wollongong
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