Tatiana Weston-Webb

{{Infobox surfer

| name = Tatiana Weston-Webb

| image = Tatiana Weston-Webb.jpg

| caption = Tatiana Weston-Webb at the Supergirl Pro Surf Contest in Oceanside

| birth_name = Tatiana Guimarães Weston-Webb

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1996|5|9}}

| birth_place = Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

| residence = Kauai, Hawaii, U.S.

| stance = Goofy

| shaper = Sharp Eye Surfboards

| height = {{convert|5|ft|4|in|m|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|123|lb|kg|abbr=on}}

| best_year = 2021 - Ranked #2 WSL World Tour

| sponsors = Body Glove, Sharp Eye Surfboards, Banzai Bowls, Sticky Bumps, Rockstar Energy Drink, Oi, UAG

| major_achievements =

2024 Olympics silver Medal
WSL Championship Tour event wins: 4
2023 ISA World Surfing Games Champion
2015 WSL Rookie of the Year
1x US Open of Surfing champion (2016)

| show-medals = yes

| medaltemplates =

{{Medal|Country|{{BRA}}}}

}}

Tatiana Guimarães Weston-Webb (born May 9, 1996{{Cite web|title=Surfing WESTON-WEBB Tatiana|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/surfing/athlete-profile-n1342155-weston-webb-tatiana.htm|url-status=dead|access-date=2021-07-25|work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics|publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games|language=en-us|archive-date=2021-07-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725235207/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/surfing/athlete-profile-n1342155-weston-webb-tatiana.htm}}), also known as Tati Weston-Webb or just Tati, is a Brazilian surfer based in Kauai, Hawaii. She is also both American and English. She was the only rookie on the professional surfing World Championship Tour in 2015. Weston-Webb wears jersey number 9, and her 2016 'CT rank is number 4.{{cite web|title=Tatiana Weston-Webb|url=http://www.worldsurfleague.com/athletes/2026/tatiana-weston-webb?latestIndex=news|website=World Surf League|accessdate=13 April 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://bodyglove.com/surf-team/tatiana-weston-webb/|title=Body Glove - Wetsuits, Swimwear, Apparel & PFD's|work=bodyglove.com|accessdate=23 February 2017}} She competed in both the 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics for Brazil, winning silver in the latter and because of that she became the first woman surfer from Brazil to win a medal at the Olympics.

Personal life

Weston-Webb's father, Douglas Weston-Webb, was born in England,{{Cite news|title=Tatiana Weston-Webb Officially Represents Brazil on the WSL CT|language=en|work=World Surf League|url=http://www.worldsurfleague.com/posts/322209/tatiana-weston-webb-officially-represents-brazil-on-the-wsl-ct|access-date=2018-05-06}} a descendant of a family engaged in the textile business.{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_14e-VdaJxA&t=9m44s |title=Caught Inside with Joe Turpel: Tatiana Weston-Webb Talks Waves of Consequence, Going From Rookie to Contender |date=March 15, 2021 |last1=Turpel |first1=Joe |publisher=World Surf League|time=9m 44s|access-date=July 25, 2021 |last2=Weston-Webb |first2=Tatiana |medium=YouTube}} The Weston-Webb name is a heritable double-barrelled surname, created through the marriage of two children from significant families in that industry. He moved at an early age to the U.S. state of Florida, where he was raised. He learned to surf at age eight and later became a "surf bum" and relocated to Kauai in his 20s.{{Cite web|title=WHO WE ARE - Hanalei Beach Activities|url=https://cargocollective.com/hanaleibeachactivities/WHO-WE-ARE|access-date=2021-07-25|website=cargocollective.com}}

Weston-Webb's mother, Tanira Weston-Webb ({{nee|Guimarães}}), was a Brazilian professional body boarder, under sponsorship by two industry companies. Tanira's sister, Andrea Guimarães, was also a bodyboarder.

Douglas and Tanira met while she was in Hawaii. They moved to Brazil, where Tatiana was born in 1996, in Porto Alegre. Because of her father's birth in the United Kingdom, Tatiana also automatically acquired British citizenship by descent at birth. However, she has not applied for a British passport, and her father has not renewed his in many years.

Within two months of her birth in Brazil, Weston-Webb and her parents moved to Hawaii. At age 8, while watching her older brother Troy surf, Tatiana decided to take up the sport as well.{{Cite web|last1=Almodova|first1=Colt|last2=Pilotin|first2=Cienna|title=Tatiana Weston-Webb|url=https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2021/07/15/tatiana-weston-webb/|access-date=2021-07-25|website=HawaiiNewsNow.com|date=15 July 2021 |language=en}} Surfing became a competition between the children, and Tatiana received her first surfboard soon afterward.{{cite web|url=http://www.worldsurfleague.com/posts/100245/tatiana-weston-webb-wsl-interview|title=Faces: Elite Surfing's Newest Threat|work=worldsurfleague.com|date=26 February 2015 |accessdate=23 February 2017}}

In 2011, she played 11-year-old Bethany Hamilton in the film Soul Surfer.[https://olympics.com/en/athletes/tatiana-weston-webb olympics.com]

In 2020, she married longtime boyfriend Jessé Mendes dos Santos, a Brazilian fellow professional surfer from Guarujá, São Paulo, who competes under the name Jessé Mendes. The pair married in an intimate beachfront ceremony held at the Princeville Resort, a Kauai hotel her father had worked at for many years, after the security guard allowed them to use the otherwise expensive site at no cost during the property's renovation.

Competition background

In 2015 Weston-Webb secured a spot in the World Championship Tour.{{Cite web|last=Kewley|first=Gary|date=November 7, 2014|title=KAUAI'S TATIANA WESTON-WEBB WINS BAHIA 4-STAR QS, EARNS 2015 WCT SPOT!|url=https://www.surfnewsnetwork.com/kauais-tatiana-weston-webb-wins-bahia-4-star-qs-earns-2015-wct-spot/|access-date=July 25, 2021|website=Surf News Network}}

On April 29, 2018, she announced her switch to Brazil representation for the remainder of the 2018 WSL Championship Tour season, aiming to compete representing her native country in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, one of her dreams since surfing was announced as an official Olympic sport. Weston-Webb ended her Tokyo campaign in the round of 16.[https://gauchazh.clicrbs.com.br/esportes/olimpiada/noticia/2021/07/tatiana-weston-webb-e-eliminada-e-esta-fora-de-toquio-2020-ckrk0q38d006l013bc7yena3a.html Tatiana Weston-Webb é eliminada e está fora de Tóquio 2020] In the 2024 Summer Olympics, Weston-Webb reached the final, and only lost the gold to world champion Caroline Marks by a score of 0.18.[https://sports.yahoo.com/paris-olympics-usas-caroline-marks-secures-surfing-gold-medal-in-dramatic-final-over-brazils-tatiana-weston-webb-014030231.html Paris Olympics: USA's Caroline Marks secures surfing gold medal in dramatic final over Brazil's Tatiana Weston-Webb]

On March 27, 2025, Weston-Webb announced she was taking a break from the World Championship Tour for mental health reasons.{{Cite web |date=2025-03-27 |title=Tatiana Weston-Webb Withdraws from WSL, Citing Mental Health |url=https://www.surfer.com/news/tatiana-weston-webb-withdraws-wsl-mental-health |access-date=2025-03-29 |website=www.surfer.com |language=en}}

Career Victories

class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
bgcolor=skyblue \| colspan=4; style="background: blue; color: white" align="center" \| WCT Wins
bgcolor=#bdb76b !Year!!Event!!Venue!!Country
style=text-align:center\| 2022	J-Bay Open	Jeffreys Bay, Eastern Cap	{{RSA}}
style=text-align:center\| 2022	MEO Pro Portugal	Supertubos, Peniche	{{POR}}
style=text-align:center\| 2021	Boost Mobile Margaret River Pro	Margaret River, Western Australia	{{AUS}}
style=text-align:center\| 2016	Vans US Open of Surfing	Huntington Beach, California	{{USA}}
colspan="4;" style="background: blue; color: white" align="center" \|WQS Wins
bgcolor="#bdb76b" !Year!!Event!!Venue!!Country
style="text-align:center" \|2015 \|Paul Mitchell Supergirl Pro	Oceanside Pier, California	{{USA}}
style="text-align:center" \|2014 \|Mahalo Surf Eco Festival	Itacaré, Bahia	{{BRA}}
colspan=4; style="background: blue; color: white" align="center" \| Juniors Wins
bgcolor=#bdb76b !Year !width= 33.8% \| Event !width= 33% \| Venue !Country
style=text-align:center\| 2014	Chain Resources Women's Pro Junior	\|New Plymouth, Taranaki	{{NZL}}
style=text-align:center\| 2013	North Shore Surf Shop Pro Junior	Banzai Pipeline, Oahu	{{Flag\|Hawaii}}

Media coverage

2016 Surfer Magazine Hot 100 #1 Women
2015 Free Surf Magazine Cover
2015 Surfing Magazine Body Glove ad
2014 Surfing Magazine online
2014 Featured on ASP website
2014 Surfline editorial
2014 Surfing magazine April issue

Competitive highlights

2016 4th place WSL Championship Tour Final Ratings
2016 3rd place WSL/ CT Roxy Pro France
2016 1st place Vans US Open of Surfing
2016 3rd place WSL/ CT Drug Aware Margaret River Pro
2016 3rd place WSL/ CT Rip Curl Women’s Pro Bells Beach
2015 WSL/ Championship Tour Rookie of the Year
2015 7th place WSL Championship Tour Final Ratings
2015 5th place WSL/ CT Target Maui Pro HI
2015 2nd place WSL/ CT Roxy Pro France
2015 3rd place WSL/ CT Cascais Women’s Pro
2015 1st in the overall rating for the WSL Qualifying Series
2015 5th place WSL/ CT Women’s Drug Aware Margaret River Pro
2015 5th place WSL/ CT Fiji Women’s Pro
2015 1st place WSL/ QS Paul Mitchell Super Girl Pro
2015 3rd place WSL/ CT Snapper Pro
2015 3rd place WSL/ QS Hurley Australian Open
2015 3rd place WSL/ QS Samsung Galaxy Hainan Pro
2014 Qualified to the WSL Championship Tour
2014 3rd place ASP/ QS Swatch Girls Pro
2014 GoPro winner at the CT Fiji event
2014 3rd place ASP/ QS Port Taranaki Pro
2014 2nd place ASP/ QS Super Girl Pro
2014 1st place ISA World Junior Champs
2013 1st place ISA World Junior Champs
2013 1st place Surfing America Championships
2013 3rd place ASP US Open Pro Juniors
2013 3rd place ASP/ QS Pantin Classic
2013 2nd place ASP World Junior Champs
12th overall on the ASP Women’s World ranking (*one spot from qualification to the ASP WCT){{cite web|url=http://iconathletemanagement.com/tatiana-weston-webb/|title=Tatiana Weston-Webb « Icon Athlete Management|work=iconathletemanagement.com|accessdate=23 February 2017}}

References

External links

{{Facebook|tatianawestonwebbsurf}}
[http://www.surfermag.com/features/meet-the-new-girls-womens-world-tour/#PbWXO41aOc8GSZTF.97 Surfer Magazine]
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{{Olympics.com profile|tatiana-weston-webb}}
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Category:Living people

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Category:American surfers

Category:Brazilian surfers

Category:Olympic surfers for Brazil

Category:Surfers at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Category:Brazilian people of English descent

Category:Brazilian emigrants to the United States

Category:Surfers at the 2023 Pan American Games

Category:Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games

Category:American people of English descent

Category:American people of Brazilian descent