| Caroline Marks | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | February 14, 2002 Boca Raton, Florida, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Residence | San Clemente, California, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 127 lb (58 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Best year | 1st: 2023 - WSL World Champion | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sponsors | Red Bull, Oakley, Roxy | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Stance | Goofy | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Caroline Marks (born February 14, 2002) is an American professional surfer. She is the 2023 World Surf League Women's World Tour Champion and an Olympic gold medalist at the 2024 Paris Olympics. She has won multiple national championships and is the youngest woman to compete in a World Surf League event. Marks is the youngest surfer to qualify for the women’s Championship Tour.[1][2]
She competed in the elite (top 16) of the World Surf League[3] and ended 2018 season in 7th place, earning Rookie of the Year. She lives in San Clemente, California.[4]
In 2019, Marks qualified as one of the two women on the United States' first surfing team to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[5] At the 2024 Summer Olympics, she won the gold medal in the women's shortboard event.[6]
- ^ "Caroline Marks". Red Bull. Retrieved August 14, 2019.
- ^ "Pro Surfer: Caroline Marks". World Surf League. Retrieved August 14, 2019.
- ^ "Athletes". World Surf League. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
- ^ "How Surfing Prodigy Caroline Marks Stays True to Her Florida Roots". Flamingo. December 15, 2021. Retrieved December 15, 2021.
- ^ "Carissa Moore, Caroline Marks qualify for U.S. Olympic surfing team" NBC Sports. December 1, 2019.
- ^ Peter, Josh. "Caroline Marks wins gold for US in surfing final nail-biter". USA TODAY. Retrieved August 6, 2024.