Bianca Buitendag

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Bianca Buitendag
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Buitendag at Super Girl Surf Pro contest in Oceanside, CA 2013.
Personal information
Born (1993-11-09) 9 November 1993 (age 32)
Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Height6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight158 lb (72 kg)
Surfing career
SportSurfing
Best year4th – 2015 [1]
SponsorsRoxy, Channel Islands Surfboards, Moskova Underwear
Major achievements
Surfing specifications
StanceGoofy
ShaperChannel Islands – Al Merrick
Medal record
Women's surfing
Representing Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2020 Tokyo Shortboard

Bianca Buitendag is a South African professional surfer. She has represented South Africa at the 2020 Summer Olympics where she won silver in the women's shortboard competition. [2]

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Early and personal life

Buitendag was born in Cape Town, Western Cape, Western Cape, South Africa on 9 November 1993. She grew up near the beach of False Bay outside of Cape Town. With her father's encouragement she learned to surf at the age of eight with her two brothers. When she was twelve her family moved to the Southern Cape region of South Africa. Bianca only spoke Afrikaans when she first went to school, so her parents decided to put her in an English school.

In 2015 her father, Collin Buitendag, died. She was still able to finish at her career-best at World No. 4. [3] The following year she was ranked No 12 in the world.

Surfing career highlights

[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Pro Surfer: Bianca Buitendag". worldsurfleague.com. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  2. ↑ "Simbine in SA Olympics squad, but no Caster or Wayde yet". ESPN.com. 27 May 2021. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
  3. ↑ "Buitendag family suffers loss as patriarch Colin passes on". surfersvillage.com. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
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