Yolanda Hopkins
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 Hopkins walking back from a training session in 2021 | ||||||||||||
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| Born | 2 June 1998 Faro, Portugal | |||||||||||
| Height | 158 cm (5 ft 2 in)[1] | |||||||||||
| Weight | 55 kg (121 lb) | |||||||||||
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| Stance | Regular | |||||||||||
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Yolanda Hopkins Sequeira (born 2 June 1998), known as Yolanda Hopkins or Yolanda Sequeira, is a Portuguese professional surfer.[2] At club level she represents Clube Naval de Portimão.[3] She qualified for the 2024 Olympic Games.
Early life
[edit]Hopkins was born to a Portuguese father and Welsh mother.[4] She developed an interest in surfing at the age of eight.
Career
[edit]Hopkins bagged the Best Wave Award at the 2019 Portugal Surf Awards and also won the Tiago Pires award in the same year.[2]
She claimed second position at the 2021 ISA World Surfing Games which qualified her for the 2020 Summer Olympics, the first Olympic games to include surfing as a sport.[4]
She represented Portugal at the 2020 Summer Olympics which also marked her debut appearance at the Olympics. She qualified for the quarterfinals of the women's shortboard event.[5][6] After making it to the quarterfinals, she was defeated by Bianca Buitendag of South Africa.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ Portugueses | Tóquio 2020 | PÚBLICO
- ^ a b "Surfing Yolanda Hopkins - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". Retrieved 2021-07-27.
- ^ "LIGA MEO SURF 2021- Ranking Feminino". ANS (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-09-16.
- ^ a b Resident, Portugal (2021-07-01). "Algarve surfer Yolanda Hopkins prepares for Olympics after becoming world vice-champion". Portugal Resident. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
- ^ "Surfing - Women Schedule | Tokyo 2020 Olympics". Retrieved 2021-07-27.
- ^ Bruxo, Michael (2021-07-26). "Algarve surfer Yolanda Hopkins qualifies for Olympic quarter finals". Portugal Resident. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
- ^ staff, Sport24. "Team SA guaranteed another medal as surfer Buitendag makes final in Tokyo". Sport. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
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