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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.

Sally 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 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 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. 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 [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 Tour via the World Qualifying Series Sally 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 Tour qualifier in ASP history [6].

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 [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].

Sources

Newspapers

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Online Surfing Publications
[13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18]

  1. ^ "All Girls Showdown -". Retrieved 2010-07-31.
  2. ^ "The Day Sally Ditched Athletics For Surfing -". Retrieved 2010-07-31.
  3. ^ "14-Year-Old Sally Fitzgibbons Etches Name in Australian Surf History -". Retrieved 2010-07-31.
  4. ^ "ISA World Gold Medalists -". Retrieved 2010-07-31.
  5. ^ "ISA World Surfing News -". Retrieved 2010-07-31.
  6. ^ "Sally Sets Off To Take On Worlds Best -". Retrieved 2010-07-31.
  7. ^ "Sally World Tour Profile -". Retrieved 2010-07-31.
  8. ^ "ASP World Ranking -". Retrieved 2010-07-31.
  9. ^ http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/sport/talented-sally-on-the-crest-of-wave/story-e6frg7mf-1111112664872
  10. ^ http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/more-sports/sally-fitzgibbons-falls-just-short/story-e6frey6i-1225854669588
  11. ^ http://www.laketimes.com.au/article/enjoying_life_in_the_fast_layne
  12. ^ http://www.illawarramercury.com.au/news/local/sport/other/sally-fitzgibbons-left-runnerup-yet-again/1854446.aspx
  13. ^ http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,20797,23926307-23210,00.html?from=public_rss
  14. ^ http://espn.go.com/action/surfing/news/story?page=movistar-classic-preview
  15. ^ http://www.surfline.com/womens/story_bamp.cfm?id=16385
  16. ^ http://surfermag.com/features/onlineexclusives/fitgibbons-beachley/
  17. ^ http://www.jettygirl.com/press/2008.01.07.asp.junior.html
  18. ^ http://www.athletics.com.au/news/news/2007/january/ayof_day2_2007
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