Current season, competition or edition: Roxy Pro Gold Coast 2018 | |
| Sport | Surfing |
|---|---|
| Country | Australia |
| Most recent champion(s) | Carissa Moore |
| Most titles | Stephanie Gilmore |
| Official website | |
Roxy Pro Gold Coast is a surfing competition on the World Surf League Championship Tour. The event is held every year at Coolangatta in Queensland, Australia. [1]
Since the birth of this competition it had different names.
| Women's | |||||
| Place | Champion | Nationality | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1° | Tyler Wright |  Australia | |||
| 2° | Courtney Conlogue |  United States | |||
| 3°ex | Carissa Moore |  Hawaii | |||
| 3°ex | Johanne Defay |  France | |||
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