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Height
  
5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)

Name
  
Johanne Defay

Stance
  
Natural (regular) foot

Best year
  
8th – 2014

Weight
  
132 lb (60 kg)


Johanne Defay Surfer Johanne Defay39s unlikely sponsor fellow pro Jeremy

Born
  
19 November 1993 (age 30) Le Puy-en-Velay, Auvergne, France (
1993-11-19
)

Residence
  
La Reunion, Overseas department, France

Major achievements
  
Champion of the Vans US Open of Surfing 2015

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Johanne Defay is a French professional surfer. She was born in Le Puy-en-Velay, Auvergne, France. She began surfing at the age of 8 off the beaches of Reunion Island, which is her home today. After Johanne’s first competition when she was only ten years old, she quickly moved through the European amateur ranks to eventually take on the WSL World Qualifying Series. In 2008 she almost gave up competing. Finding it difficult to step up from the juniors to the WQS and then when the economy crashed sending surf companies pulling sponsorships, Johanne found herself without sponsors and without decent results. With her parent’s encouragement Johanne was able to qualify for the WCT within two years.

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She has won two World Surf League events, the Vans US Open of Surfing 2015 and Fiji Women's Pro 2016

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Competitive highlights

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  • 2016 WSL 2016 Rank: 5
  • 2016 1st Fiji Women’s Pro – Fiji
  • 2016 3rd Roxy Pro Gold Coast – Australia
  • 2015 8th World Championship Tour
  • 2015 3rd Fiji Women’s Pro – Fiji
  • 2015 5th Rip Curl Pro Bell’s Beach – Australia
  • 2015 1st Vans US Open of Surfing – California
  • 2015 5th Cascais Women’s Pro – Portugal
  • 2015 5th Roxy Pro – France
  • 2014 ROOKIE OF THE YEAR – 8th on Final Ranking
  • 2014 3rd Swatch Women’s Pro – California
  • 2014 3rd Roxy Pro – France
  • 2014 5th Fiji Women’s Pro – Fiji
  • 2014 5th Vans US Open of Surfing – California
  • 2014 5th Cascais Women’s Pro – Portugal
  • 2014 5th Target Maui Pro – Hawaii
  • 2013 3rd Junior World Championship Florianopolis – Brazil
  • 2013 1st France Champion Brétignolles sur Mer – France
  • 2013 1st Pontevedra Junior Pro Surf – Spain
  • 2013 Open European Champion
  • 2013 Junior European Champion
  • 2013 Finalist of the 6 stars WQS Swatch Girls Pro – France
  • 2013 1st Swatch Girls Junior Pro – France
  • 2013 1st Soöruz Junior Pro – France
  • 2013 1st Gijòn Junior Pro – Spain
  • 2013 2nd O’Neil Junior Pro – Spain
  • 2013 1st Soöruz Junior Pro – France
  • 2013 4th Coupe de France – France

  • Johanne Defay Johanne Defay 2014 US Open of Surfing Flickr

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    References

    Johanne Defay Wikipedia