Sanoa Dempfle-Olin

{{Short description|Canadian surfer (born 2005)}}

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Sanoa Dempfle-Olin (born July 3, 2005) is a Canadian surfer.{{cite web|url=https://olympic.ca/team-canada/sanoa-dempfle-olin/|title=Sanoa Dempfle-Olin|website=www.olympic.ca/|date=5 October 2023 |publisher=Canadian Olympic Committee|access-date=6 July 2024}}

Career

At just 18 years old, Dempfle-Olin has already achieved several notable milestones in her surfing career. Her accomplishments include:

  • 1st Place - Queen of the Peak (2016)
  • 1st Place - Rip Curl Pro Open (2017)
  • 2nd Place - Queen of the Peak (2019)
  • 2nd Place - Rip Curl Pro Open (2022)
  • 2nd Place - SLO Cal Open (2023)
  • 1st Place - WSL Qualifying Series (2023)
  • 2nd Place - Pan American Games (2023){{Cite web |date=2023-11-29 |title=Get to Know Canadian Surfer Sanoa Olin |url=https://www.redbull.com/ca-en/get-to-know-canadian-surfer-sanoa-olin |access-date=2024-09-20 |website=Red Bull |language=en}}

In October 2023, she was named to Canada's 2023 Pan American Games team.{{cite press release|orig-date=4 October 2023|title=Canada's Santiago 2023 surfing team announced|url=https://olympic.ca/press/canadas-santiago-2023-surfing-team-announced/|location=Toronto, Ontario, Canada|publisher=Canadian Olympic Committee|access-date=13 October 2023}} At the 2023 Pan American Games, Dempfle-Olin won silver in the event Shortboard. By winning the silver medal, she qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/pan-american-games/sanoa-olin-olympic-berth-canada-pan-am-games-roundup-1.7012490|title=Olympic-bound Canadian surfer Sanoa Dempfle-Olin collects Pan Am Games silver medal|agency=Canadian Press|date=30 October 2023|website=www.cbc.ca/sports/|publisher=CBC Sports|access-date=3 March 2024}}

In May 2024, Dempfle-Olin was named officially named to Canada's Olympic team.{{cite web|last=Fenton|first=Caela|title=Sanoa Dempfle-Olin set to makes waves at Paris 2024 as Canada's first Olympic surfer|url=https://olympic.ca/2024/05/13/sanoa-dempfle-olin-set-to-makes-waves-at-paris-2024-as-canadas-first-olympic-surfer/|publisher=Canadian Olympic Committee|date=13 May 2024|access-date=17 May 2024}}{{cite web|first=Alex|last=McComb|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/summer/surfing/sanoa-dempfle-olin-1st-canadian-olympic-surfer-1.7202960|title=Sanoa Dempfle-Olin announced as Canada's first ever Olympic surfer ahead of Paris 2024|date=13 May 2024|website=www.cbc.ca/|publisher=CBC Sports|access-date=17 May 2024}} Dempfle-Olin became Canada's first ever surfer to compete at the Olympics.{{cite news|last=Dheensaw|first=Cleeve|date=4 March 2024|title=Tofino's Sanoa Dempfle-Olin to be Canada's lone surfer for Paris Olympics|url=https://www.timescolonist.com/sports/tofinos-sanoa-dempfle-olin-to-be-canadas-lone-surfer-for-paris-olympics-8396789|work=Times Colonist|location=Victoria, British Columbia, Canada|access-date=14 July 2024}}

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