HENNESSY Brisa

Costa Rica
Surfing
16 Sep 1999
21
Female
MATAPALO
 
Costa Rica
NAMOTU
 
Fiji

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
SRF Surfing Women 5

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach
Women's Round 1 - Heat 2
Finished
Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach
Women's Round 3 - Heat 3
CRC
HENNESSY BHENNESSY Brisa
12.00
NZL
WILLIAMS EWILLIAMS Ella
7.73
Finished
Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach
Women's Quarterfinals - Heat 2
CRC
HENNESSY BHENNESSY Brisa
6.83
USA
MARKS CMARKS Caroline
12.50
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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World Surfing Games

RankEventYearLocationResult
8Shortboard2019Miyazaki, JPN5.30
81Shortboard2021El Sunzal, ESA0.00


WSL Championship Tour (Ranking)

RankEventYearLocationResult
11Shortboard201927060
19Shortboard20175200
20Shortboard20165050


WSL Championship Tour overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

YearShortboard
20215 x 9th, 1 x 17th
20191 x 3rd, 2 x 5th, 4 x 9th
20171 x 5th
20161 x 9th


WSL Championship Tour - Ten best performances in last Olympic cycle

RankYearEventLocation
32019ShortboardKeramas, INA
52019ShortboardMargaret River, WA, AUS
52019ShortboardBells Beach, VIC, AUS
52017ShortboardMaui, HI, USA
92021ShortboardLemoore, CA, USA
92021ShortboardMargaret River, WA, AUS
92021ShortboardNarrabeen, NSW, AUS
92021ShortboardNewcastle, NSW, AUS
92021ShortboardMaui, HI, USA
92019ShortboardPeniche, POR
92019ShortboardLandes, FRA
92019ShortboardJeffreys Bay, RSA
92019ShortboardGold Coast, QLD, AUS
92016ShortboardMaui, HI, USA


ISA World Junior Championships

RankEventYearLocationResult
1Shortboard2017Hyuga, JPN16.27
1Shortboard2016Azores, POR11.33


WSL World Junior Championships

RankEventYearLocationResult
3Shortboard2016Kiama, NSW, AUS8.26
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Cooking. (Instagram profile, 11 Feb 2020)
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Athlete
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English, Spanish
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Glenn Hall [personal], AUS
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Her uncle Gregg Nakamura has represented Hawaii in the Qualifying Series of the World Surf League. (worldsurfleague.com, 2019)
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She began surfing in Costa Rica and stood up on her first wave at age three. She started competing around age nine in Hawaii, United States of America. (worldsurfleague.com, 10 Feb 2019; howlermag.com, 30 Apr 2019; tokyo2020.org, 07 Jul 2020)
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Her parents ran a surf school in Costa Rica. "My parents owned a surf school and I grew up in the water there. I practically was born in the ocean. My uncle was a professional surfer, and so that's kind of how I jumped into it. Then I realised that I have competitiveness in my blood. I think it maybe just came from living in survival mode in the jungle [in Costa Rica]. But I love to compete and it's one of my joys, for sure." (worldsurfleague.com, 10 Feb 2019; howlermag.com, 30 Apr 2019; tokyo2020.org, 07 Jul 2020)
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To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (youtube.com, 03 Sep 2019)
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Qualifying for the 2019 Championship Tour and the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (Instagram profile, 14 Nov 2018; tokyo2020.org, 07 Jul 2020)
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US surfer Carissa Moore. (worldsurfleague.com, 10 Feb 2019)
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"Live this moment." (asaentertainment.com, 01 Jan 2018)
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In 2019 she was named Breakthrough Performer of the Year by Surfer Magazine. (surfer.com, 06 Dec 2019)

General Interest

Preferred stance
Regular (worldsurfleague.com, 05 Dec 2019)

General
COSTA RICA TO HAWAII TO FIJI
She was born in Costa Rica to parents from the United States of America. Her parents are both surfing instructors who met in Hawaii. "We lived completely off the grid, completely in the jungle [in Costa Rica]. There were monkeys in our backyard and every type of animal you can think of. We lived right on the beach and it really shaped who I am. My parents run a surf school and surfing just runs in my blood." After spending her early years in Costa Rica, she moved to Oahu, HI, United States of America, with her parents at age eight. After nearly a decade there the family moved to Fiji. "My family and I call each other the homeless nomads. We pretty much don't really have a home. We live out of our suitcase. But if I am with my family, I feel like I am at home." She considered representing Hawaii instead of Costa Rica on the World Tour, but decided against it when they left Hawaii. "We moved away, so it kind of didn't make sense to represent Hawaii anymore. Our family has kind of lived in a style where we've always taken chances. My dad's biggest motto is, 'You can sleep when you're dead'. We've always lived an adventure, and now I'm even more excited to travel and explore a bunch of new places." (worldsurfleague.com, 10 Feb 2019; freesurfmagazine.com, 25 Nov 2016; tokyo2020.org, 07 Jul 2020)

COOKING
She is passionate about cooking and during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic she launched a YouTube channel with her own recipes and took a nutrition course while she was locked down in Namotu Island in Fiji, where her father manages a local resort. "Cooking and learning about what food works for my body is something I'm super passionate about. I'm obsessed with cooking. If I'm not in the water, I'm in the kitchen 24/7. It's actually hilarious. If you ever lose me, I'm either in the water or in the kitchen." She is also passionate about the environment. "Protecting the ocean, being kind with Mother Nature, and taking the role of an environmentalist is super important to me. It is definitely one of my biggest goals to use my platform to do that. We only have one earth and one ocean, and we need to do everything we can to protect it." (tokyo2020.org, 07 Jul 2020; surfline.com, 31 Mar 2020; YouTube channel, 28 Oct 2020)

Legend
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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