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Justine Dupont

Justine Dupont
Personal information
Born (1991-07-26) 26 July 1991 (age 33)
Bordeaux, France
ResidenceFrance & Nazare, Portugal
Surfing career
SponsorsRed Bull, Adidas, Manera, Breitling, Dakine
Major achievements
  • Multiple time World Champion of the XXL Awards
  • 2019 World Champion Stand Up Paddle
  • 4x Vice World Champion
Surfing specifications
StanceRegular
Websitejustinedupont.fr

Justine Dupont (born 26 July 1991) is a French professional surfer.

Personal life

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Justine Dupont was born in Bordeaux, France. She began surfing at the age of 11. She lives between the South West of France[1] and Nazare, Portugal.

Multiple World Champion of the WSL XXL Awards, she has established herself as the best female big wave surfer in the world since 2019.

Her performance in tow-in surfing allows her to rival with the best male surfers in the discipline.

Stand Up Paddle World Champion and 4X Vice World Champion in 3 different disciplines, she is considered the most versatile female surfer in the world.[by whom?]

Justine is elected Chair of the ISA Athletes' Commission for the 2020 Olympic Games.

She was also a commentator on French TV during the 2021 Olympics.

She is one of the main characters in the HBO series "100 Foot Wave".

Surfing career

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After being crowned longboard Vice World Champion in 2007 at the age of 15, she obtained again the title of Vice World Champion in 2019.[2]

In 2013, Dupont became the first woman to surf the 15m Belharra in the Northern Basque Country of France.[3]

In 2016, she was again Vice World Champion, this time in the big waves surfing division,[4] and a fourth title of vice world champion in 2017 in the stand up paddle division.

In 2017, she was crowned ISA World Team Surfing Champion with the French team.

Justine is also multiple National and European surfing and longboarding champion. She has accumulated 3 ISA World Team Titles with France (2013 et 2019 Longboard, 2017 Surf).

She has repeatedly surfed waves considered as some of the biggest waves surfed in the world by a woman.[5]

In 2019, she is recognized as a reference in the world of surfing big waves by winning 2 trophies at the XXL Big Waves Awards.[6][7]

Justine has been elected "Chair" of the ISA Athletes' Commission for the 2020 Olympic Games.[8][9]

In February 2020, she surfed one of the biggest waves ever surfed in the world.[citation needed] She won the first-ever Nazaré Tow Challenge.

In January 2021, in Jaws, Hawaii, she surfed the best big wave ever surfed by a woman.[citation needed]

In January 2023 she surfs a gigantic wave on the mythical spot of Cortes Bank 110 miles off the coast of California. The wave is being measured to see if it is a new World Record for the biggest wave surfed by a woman.[10]

In 2023, she was one of the first women to compete in “The Eddie”.[11]

Surfing career highlights

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Source:[12]

References

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  1. ^ "Justine DUPONT - EuroSIMA". eurosima.com/. Retrieved 2020-04-28.
  2. ^ "Justine Dupont". Red Bull. Retrieved 2020-04-28.
  3. ^ "Justine DUPONT". doolinfestivals.ie. Retrieved 2020-04-28.
  4. ^ "Billy Kemper and Paige Alms win the 2016 Peahi Challenge". surfertoday.com. 2016-11-12.
  5. ^ SurferToday.com, Editor at. "Justine Dupont surfed "the greatest wave of her life" in Nazaré". Surfertoday. Retrieved 2020-04-28. {{cite web}}: |first= has generic name (help)
  6. ^ a b "ISA ATHLETES' COMMISSION CHAIR JUSTINE DUPONT WINS BIG AT WSL BIG WAVE AWARDS".
  7. ^ "ISA Athletes' Commission Chair Justine Dupont Wins Big at WSL Big Wave Awards". International Surfing Association. 2019-05-06. Retrieved 2020-04-28.
  8. ^ "Dupont to chair new ISA Athletes' Commission".
  9. ^ "Multiple World Medalist across three ISA disciplines, Justine Dupont (FRA), to lead as Chair of the commission".
  10. ^ "Return to Massive Cortes Bank".
  11. ^ "These Women Made History at Waimea Bay Last Weekend". January 24, 2023.
  12. ^ "Pro Surfer: Justine Dupont". World Surf League. Retrieved 2020-04-28.
  13. ^ "SIMA's Waterman's Weekend 2023". 31 July 2023.
  14. ^ a b c "Justine Dupont Surfed the Biggest Wave of 2023". 29 October 2023.
  15. ^ a b "Big Wave Charger Justine Dupont Talks World Titles and SUP Surfing Pregnant". 27 October 2023.
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