Alexandra Rinder

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Alexandra Rinder is a professional Bodyboarder and two time APB World Bodyboarding Champion. She is also the youngest world champion in the history of bodyboarding. [1]

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Early life

Rinder was born in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain in 1998. Her Father is an Austrian and her Mother is German. The Canary Islands resident has been living in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria her whole life, and began bodyboarding at the age of 9. She has been competing professionally since the age of 12. [2]

Recognition

Rinder won the 2015 APB Women's World Bodyboarding Tour title at the Nazaré Pro, in Praia do Norte, Portugal. [3]

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References

  1. "Alexandra Rinder: the youngest female bodyboarding champion of all time". surfertoday.com.{{cite web}}: Check |archiveurl= value (help)
  2. "Alexandra Rinder wins back-to-back 2015 APB Women's World Bodyboarding Tour title". Surfertoday.com. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  3. "Alexandra Rinder wins 2015 APB Women's World Bodyboarding Tour title". Surfertoday.