Tyler Wright (surfer)
{{Short description|Australian surfer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2016}}
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2016}}
{{Infobox surfer
| name = Tyler Wright
| image =
|caption=
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|3|31|df=y}}
| birth_place = Culburra Beach, New South Wales, Australia
| residence = Gerroa, New South Wales, Australia
| height = 5 ft 7 in
| weight = {{convert|149|lb|kg|abbr=on}}
| sponsors = Rip Curl, Monster Energy Drink, Pyzel Surfboards,Oakley, Ocean & Earth, Power Base Fins{{Cite web |url=http://www.surfing-news.com/surf-girls/tyler-wright |title=Tyler Wright | Surf News |access-date=5 March 2017 |archive-date=21 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171221141048/http://www.surfing-news.com/surf-girls/tyler-wright |url-status=dead }}
| career_earnings =
| stance = Regular (natural foot)
| best_year = 1st - WSL World Tour (2016, 2017)
| website=
| major_achievements = *2x World Champion (2016, 2017)
- WSL Championship Tour event wins: 17
- 1x US Open of Surfing champion (2014)
- 2011 WSL Rookie of the Year
| show-medals = no
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport|Women's surfing}}
{{Medal|Country|{{AUS}}}}
{{MedalCompetition| World Games}}
{{MedalBronze| 2024 Arecibo|Team}}
}}
Tyler Wright (born 31 March 1994) is an Australian professional surfer on the WSL World Tour.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ripcurl.com.au/?tylerwright|title = Shop Surf Apparel, Wetsuits and Watches | Rip Curl Australia}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.worldsurfleague.com/athletes/1433/tyler-wright|title=Tyler Wright Surfer Bio | Age, Height, Videos & Results|date=3 August 2024 }} She is a consecutive WSL Women's World Champion (2016, 2017). She qualified for the 2024 Olympic Games.
Early life
Wright, who is from a close-knit surfing family, grew up at Culburra Beach, a surf spot about two hours south of Sydney near Nowra.{{Cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/2016/10/12/8-facts-about-tyler-wright-our-newest-humblest-surfing-champ/|title=8 Quick Facts About Our Newest, Humblest, World Surfing Champ}} Her four siblings are Owen, Kirby, Mikey, and Tim. Her father, Rob, a passionate surfer, and her mother, Fiona, drove the whole family around Australia following the amateur scene.James Buckley, article
Tyler Wright dedicates the world surfing title to her late uncle. Sydney Morning Herald 13 October 2013 [http://www.smh.com.au/sport/tyler-wright-dedicates-world-surfing-title-to-late-uncle-20161013-gs1icl.html]
Career
At the age of 14, Wright overtook a number of champions, some of whom were twice her age, to become the youngest-ever winner of a Championship Tour event, Layne Beachley's Beachley Classic in 2008. Wright joined the World Surf League Women's Championship Tour in 2011,{{Cite web |date=2022-02-17 |title=Tyler Wright's Unstoppable New Sense Of Purpose |url=https://www.worldsurfleague.com/posts/496425/tyler-wrights-unstoppable-new-sense-of-purpose |access-date=2024-04-04 |website=World Surf League |language=en}} and won World Titles in 2016{{Cite web |title=Tyler Wright wins maiden WSL Women's Championship Tour title |url=https://www.surfertoday.com/surfing/tyler-wright-wins-maiden-wsl-womens-championship-tour-title |access-date=2024-04-04}} and 2017.{{Cite news |date=2017-12-01 |title=Wright wins 2017 World Surf League title at Honolua Bay, Maui |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-12-01/tyler-wright-wins-the-2017-world-surf-league-world-title/9215026 |access-date=2024-04-04 |work=ABC News |language=en-AU}} In 2025, Wright became the first woman to win the Pipe Pro event at the Banzai Pipeline twice, having won it previously in 2020 and then winning it again in 2025.{{Cite web|url=https://au.news.yahoo.com/wright-picklum-reach-surfing-semis-203645238.html|title=Wright makes surfing history with Pipe Pro double|date=9 February 2025|website=Yahoo News}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.ripcurl.com/us/blog/tyler-wins-pipe-pro-2025.html?srsltid=AfmBOoofVlmknyZl3JixWoEd2uLArEIj__UK3B_IfpST4z7RglUDop6B|title=Tyler Wright Wins Lexus Pipe Pro, Her Second Win at The Iconic Venue - Rip Curl|date=10 February 2025|website=www.ripcurl.com}}
Media
Australian TV channel ABC featured her in its biographic documentary program Australian Story on national television in March 2017.{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/programs/austory|title=Australian Story|date=8 February 2025|website=www.abc.net.au}}
Personal life
Wright is bisexual,{{cite web |last1=Law |first1=Benjamin |title=Not straight, not blonde: Tyler Wright on trumping surfing's monoculture |url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/not-straight-not-blonde-tyler-wright-on-trumping-surfing-s-monoculture-20221003-p5bmv6.html |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=17 November 2022 |access-date=2 July 2023}} and has been married to Lilli Baker since 2022; the two had met in Newcastle the previous year while Baker was working at a local cafe and Wright was present for a surfing competition.{{cite web |last1=Achenza |first1=Madeleine |title=Pro surfer Tyler Wright marries partner in intimate lounge room wedding |url=https://www.news.com.au/sport/pro-surfer-tyler-wright-marries-partner-in-intimate-lounge-room-wedding/news-story/e0f8f61373ec04a0a711ab727c753c11 |website=news.com.au |access-date=2 July 2023}}
In 2018 Wright fell ill with chronic fatigue syndrome after influenza A.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/nov/21/surf-champion-tyler-wright-reveals-struggle-with-chronic-fatigue|title=Surf champion Tyler Wright reveals struggle with chronic fatigue|date=21 November 2018|via=The Guardian}}
Career victories
=WSL World Championship Tour=
| class=wikitable style="width:100%; text-align: center" | ||||||
| Tournament
!2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="text-align:left" | Roxy Pro Gold Coast
| bgcolor="thistle" |2nd | bgcolor="Lime"|3rd | bgcolor="Yellow" |1st | bgcolor="AntiqueWhite" |5th | bgcolor="Lime"|3rd | bgcolor="Yellow" |1st | bgcolor="AntiqueWhite" |5th | ||||||
| style="text-align:left" | Rip Curl Pro
| bgcolor="AntiqueWhite" |5th | bgcolor="Lime"|3rd | bgcolor="thistle" |2nd | bgcolor="thistle" |2nd | bgcolor="AntiqueWhite" |5th | bgcolor="AntiqueWhite" |5th | bgcolor="Lime"|3rd | ||||||
| style="text-align:left" | Margaret River Pro
| {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | bgcolor="thistle" |2nd | bgcolor="thistle" |2nd | bgcolor="AntiqueWhite" |5th | bgcolor="Yellow" |1st | bgcolor="thistle" |2nd | ||||||
| style="text-align:left" | Rio Pro
| bgcolor="AntiqueWhite" |5th | 9th | bgcolor="Yellow" |1st | bgcolor="Lime"|3rd | bgcolor="Lime"|3rd | bgcolor="Yellow" |1st | bgcolor="Yellow" |1st | ||||||
| style="text-align:left" | Fiji Pro
| {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | 9th | 9th | 13th | bgcolor="Lime"|3rd | ||||||
| style="text-align:left" | US Open of Surfing
| 9th | 9th | bgcolor="Lime"|3rd | bgcolor="Yellow" |1st | 13th | bgcolor="Lime"|3rd | bgcolor="AntiqueWhite" |5th | ||||||
| style="text-align:left" | Swatch Women's Pro at Trestles
| {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | bgcolor="AntiqueWhite" |5th | bgcolor="AntiqueWhite" |5th | bgcolor="Yellow" |1st | 9th | ||||||
| style="text-align:left" | Cascais Women's Pro
| {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | bgcolor="AntiqueWhite" |5th | bgcolor="Yellow" |1st | 9th | bgcolor="thistle" |2nd | 13th | ||||||
| style="text-align:left" | Roxy Pro France
| 9th | bgcolor="thistle" |2nd | bgcolor="thistle" |2nd | bgcolor="Lime"|3rd | bgcolor="Yellow" |1st | bgcolor="thistle" |2nd | bgcolor="Lime"|3rd | ||||||
| style="text-align:left" | Maui Women's Pro
| {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | bgcolor="AntiqueWhite" |5th | bgcolor="Yellow" |1st | bgcolor="Lime"|3rd | ||||||
| style="text-align:left" | TSB Bank Women's Surf Festival
| bgcolor="Lime"|3rd | bgcolor="AntiqueWhite" |5th | 9th | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | ||||||
| style="text-align:left" | Beachley Classic
| bgcolor="AntiqueWhite" |5th | bgcolor="Lime"|3rd | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | ||||||
| style="text-align:left" |Rank
! 4th ! 4th | bgcolor="thistle" |2nd | bgcolor="thistle" |2nd | bgcolor="AntiqueWhite" |5th | bgcolor="yellow" |1st | bgcolor="yellow" |1st | ||||||
| style="text-align:left" |Earnings
! $44,000 ! $47,500 ! $83,000 ! $259,000 ! $171,500 ! $400,500 ! $215,250 |
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- {{WSL profile}}
- {{IMDb name}}
- {{Facebook|TylerGraceWright}}
{{WSL CT Roster}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wright, Tyler}}
Category:People from the South Coast (New South Wales)
Category:People from the Northern Rivers
Category:Australian female surfers
Category:World Surf League surfers
Category:Sportswomen from New South Wales
Category:People with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome
Category:Surfers at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Category:Australian lesbian sportswomen
Category:21st-century Australian LGBTQ people