Giulia Manfrini (11 August 1988 – 18 October 2024) was an Italian surfer who also competed in snowboarding and skiing.

Biography

Manfrini was born in

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. She was involved in sports as a child beginning with skiing and then moving to snowboarding. She won the Italian Youth Cup in 2006–07. She graduated in 2013 from the

University of Turin The University of Turin (Italian language, Italian: ''Università degli Studi di Torino'', UNITO) is a public university, public research university in the city of Turin, in the Piedmont (Italy), Piedmont region of Italy. It is one of the List ...

having studied law. Manfrini was a well-known figure in the Italian surfing community. She had more than 22,000 followers on

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. Manfrini was a co-founder of Awave Travel, a travel agency. Manfrini was a surf coach and a professional snowboarder who competed in the

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in China. Manfrini died in October 2024 at the age of 36. She had been holidaying in in Indonesia. Authorities said she had been impaled by a houndfish while surfing.

References

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