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| Born | 16 January 1990 Culburra Beach, New South Wales,[1] Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Residence | Lennox Head, New South Wales | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 190 cm (6 ft 3 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 86 kg (190 lb; 13.5 st)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Surfing career | |||||||||||||||
| Career earnings | $780,550 | ||||||||||||||
| Sponsors | Rip Curl, Dragon Optics, FCS, Gorilla Grip, JS Industries surfboards, Ocean & Earth | ||||||||||||||
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| Stance | Goofy | ||||||||||||||
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Owen Wright (born 16 January 1990) is an Australian professional surfer on the World Surf League (formerly the Association of Surfing Professionals) Men's Championship Tour.[2][3] His sister, Tyler Wright, is also a competitor on the World Surf League Championship Tour.
At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Wright won Australia's first surfing Olympic bronze medal.[4]
On 16 June 2015 Wright became the first surfer to post two perfect scores in a single event, during Round 5 and the final of the Fiji Pro.[5]
- ^ a b c "Owen Wright". jsindustries.com. JS Industries. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
- ^ "Shop Surf Apparel, Wetsuits and Watches | Rip Curl Australia". www.ripcurl.com. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
- ^ "The Resurrection of Owen Wright Part II - ASP". Archived from the original on 3 August 2014. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
- ^ "Bronze medal a big reward for surfer's battle to make Olympics". ABC News. 29 July 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
- ^ "History Made in Fiji: Watch Wright's Perfect 20s". World Surf League. 14 June 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2021.