BONVALOT Teresa

Date of Birth: 7 Oct 1999

Age: 21

Gender: Female

Place of birth: CASCAIS

Birth Country:

Portugal

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Surfing	Women	9

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach	Women's Round 1 - Heat 1	Finished
	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach	Women's Round 3 - Heat 6 BRA LIMA SLIMA Silvana 12.17 POR BONVALOT TBONVALOT Teresa 7.50	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

World Surfing Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
3	Shortboard	2020	El Sunzal, ESA	9.04
5	Shortboard	2017	Biarritz, FRA	7.03
5	Shortboard	2016	Jaco, CRC	5.10
10	Shortboard	2015	Popoyo, NCA	8.80
25	Shortboard	2018	Tahara, JPN	8.53
33	Shortboard	2019	Miyazaki, JPN	4.70

WSL Championship Tour (Ranking)

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
20	Shortboard	2017		3300
21	Shortboard	2016		1750

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

Year	Shortboard
2017	1 x 9th
2016	1 x 13th

WSL Championship Tour - Ten best performances in last Olympic cycle

Rank	Year	Event	Location
9	2017	Shortboard	Cascais, POR
13	2016	Shortboard	Cascais, POR

WSL World Junior Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
5	Shortboard	2016	Kiama, NSW, AUS	6.33
9	Shortboard	2017	Kiama, NSW, AUS	8.27

Cooking and making desserts, playing with her dog Chili. (redbull.com, 08 Jun 2021)

Occupation:

Languages spoken:

English, Portuguese

She began surfing at age nine, having previously been involved in bodyboarding. (redbull.com, 08 Jun 2021)

"I did not want to get out of the water for the world. I remember telling people that I wanted to be the female version of [US surfer] Kelly Slater." (redbull.com, 08 Jun 2021)

To become world champion. (waves.com.br, 13 Aug 2020)

US surfers Bethany Hamilton, Carissa Moore and Kelly Slater, Australian surfer Stephanie Gilmore. (ripcurl.eu, 10 Jan 2018)

General Interest

Preferred stance
Goofy (boardriding.com, 08 Jun 2021)

General
RIP CURL DEAL
In May 2021 it was announced that she had signed with Rip Curl. "To be part of a huge team like Rip Curl, where a lot of my heroes are part of, is amazing. My objectives for the year [2021] is to improve and show my surfing at the highest level. [I also want to] qualify for the Championship Tour and be a world champion, this has been my goal since I started surfing and it's my goal for the upcoming years, and I'm doing everything for it." (ripcurl.eu, 21 May 2021)

ROLE MODEL
She is one of a number of elite female athletes to have a Barbie doll released in her likeness, to recognise inspiring female athletes. "It is amazing to be honoured with a doll just like me. I hope this helps all the girls to realise that they can achieve anything they want if they work hard for it." (beachcam.meo.pt, 01 Mar 2020)

Milestones

In 2016 she became the first Portuguese female surfer to win the WSL European junior title. (redbull.com, 08 Jun 2021)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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