Celia Barboza (born 1977) is a

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an surfer,

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teacher, and surfing instructor. She is a member of the National Surfing Team and a columnist for the (USU). She was the winner of the USU's National Surfing Circuit in 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2006, and 2009. She took a bronze medal in a Mar del Plata Pan-American, and placed fifth at the World Masters of Surfing that was held in Ecuador in 2013, representing Uruguay, thus achieving the best result for that country at an

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world championship. In 2015 she was Ladies Open champion of the Samsung Life Cup in Playa el Emir. She participated in the Uruguayan Circuit in 2016.

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