Sally Fitzgibbons
| Sally Fitzgibbons (Sal Fitz) | |
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| Personal information | |
| Born |
19 December 1990 Gerroa, New South Wales |
| Residence | Gerroa, New South Wales |
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) |
| Weight | 59 kg (130 lb) |
| Surfing career | |
| Best year | 2011 – Runner-up and 3 Women's World Tour Wins |
| Career earnings | $1,017,750.00 |
| Sponsors | Samsung, Piping Hot, X-Dubai, Canon, JS surfboards, Land Rover, Novotel, FCS fins |
| Major achievements | ASP World Junior Champion 2007, ISA World Champion 2008, 1st 2011 and 2012 RipCurl Pro Bells Beach, 1st 2011 Subaru Pro TSB Bank Women's Surf Festival, 1st Nike US Open of Surf 2011, 2nd Gidget Pro Sunset Beach 2009, 1st Roxy Pro France 2013, 1st Fiji Pro 2014, 1st Billabong Rio Pro Brazil 2012 & 2014, World Runner-up 2010, 2011 & 2012 ASP World Tour |
| Surfing specifications | |
| Stance | Regular |
| Website | sallyfitzgibbons.com |
Sally Fitzgibbons (born 19 December 1990) is an Australian professional surfer on the Association of Surfing Professionals World Tour (2009 - 2013). She was born in Gerroa, New South Wales, Australia.
As a 14-year-old, Fitzgibbons won the ASP Pro Junior open, an event open to any female surfer 21 and younger. She started surfing at a young age, winning the Icon All-Girls Open Event Lennox Head in 2006 aged 16. She represented her State and Australia on many occasions in a number of different sports, including athletics, winning gold at the 2007 Australian Youth Olympic Festival 800m and 1500m, touch football, soccer, surfing and cross-country running while attending Kiama High School.
As a surfer, Fitzgibbons had her first significant results aged14, becoming the youngest surfer to win an Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) Pro Junior (Under 21’s) event, also finishing second at the World Qualifying Series (WQS) Billabong Easter Girls Festival on the same day. She continued to set records throughout her junior years, winning the Australasian Pro Junior Series in 2007 and 2008. At 15, Fitzgibbons represented Australia at the International Surfing Association (ISA) U18 World Surfing Titles in Brazil placing second; at 16, she travelled to Portugal for the ISA U18 World Titles and won her first World Title and backed it up the following year winning both the Billabong ASP U21 World Title and the ISA World Games Open Title.
In her first attempt to reach the women’s elite World Surfing Tour via the World Qualifying Series, Fitzgibbons set a record by wrapping up the 2008 WQS series in the first 5 events to become the youngest World Surfing Tour qualifier in ASP history.
After a ten-point ride in the semi at North Narrabeen beach, Fitzgibbons won the junior women's world surfing championship.
2009 saw Fitzgibbons finish 5th on the World Surfing Tour in her rookie year, with a win at the Portugal WQS event along the way.
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