Jack Robinson (surfer)

Jack Robinson (born 27 December 1997) is an Australian professional surfer who competes on the World Surf League Men's Championship Tour. He was crowned surfer of the year twice at the Australian Surfing Awards in 2020 and 2021. Robinson is often considered to one of the best barrel riders of the current days. Robinson did his best WSL performance in 2022 where he finished 3rd on the final rankings. He qualified for the 2024 Olympic Games, where he won silver.

Early years and personal life

Robinson was born in December 1997 in Perth, Western Australia to parents Mersina Stratos and Trevor Robinson. He began surfing at age three. By the age of six, he moved with his family to Margaret River, Western Australia.

By age 11, Robinson was surfing eight-to-10 foot "second reef" waves at Banzai Pipeline in Hawaii. In 2010, Robinson was featured on the cover of '' The Weekend Australian Magazine'' and was described as a potential future Kelly Slater.

In 2020, he married Julia Muniz, a Brazilian professional model from Espirito Santo, Brazil, in an intimate garden ceremony held in Margaret River.

In 2023, the couple announced that Muniz was pregnant with their first child.

Surfing career

In 2012, by age 14, Robinson ranked #1 on Surfer Magazine’s annual Hot 100 junior list. Robinson won the North Shore Surf Shop Pro Junior in 2014 at the Men's Junior Tour. The same year, he signed a contract with Billabong that lasted for 5 years till he signed with Volcom in 2019.

In 2018, Robinson won the WSL Qualifying Series Men’s Heroes de Mayo Iquique Pro in Chile. In February 2019, Robinson won the 2019 Volcom Pipe Pro.

Robinson received a wild card at the 2019 Margaret river pro event held between 29 May to 4 June 2019 where he secured a 9.30 and 9.27 combo to defeat Brazilian surfer Filipe Toledo.

In December 2019, Robinson won the Vans World Cup of Surfing at Sunset Beach at the final event of the Qualifying Series Men’s and qualified for the 2020 World Surf League (WSL) Men's Championship Tour (CT).

Robinson won his first Championship Tour event in 2021 at the Corona Open Mexico event presented by Quiksilver.

Robinson won his second and third Championship Tour event back to back in 2022 at his hometown event in the Margaret River Pro in Australia followed by a victory at G-Land, Banyuwangi (Indonesia). Since then, he's also achieved Championship Tour victories at the Billabong Pro Pipeline and SHISEIDO Tahiti Pro in 2023

In the 2024 season, Jack started very well, winning the second stage of the year, the Hurley Pro Sunset Beach in Hawaii, defeating Kanoa Igarashi, he also won the Margaret River Pro for the second time in his career.

Jack competed in the Paris Olympic Games, having a great campaign, beating John John Florence in the round of 16, Ethan Ewing in the quarter-finals, the three-time world champion Gabriel Medina in the semi-finals until reaching the Olympic final. In the gold medal match Jack had a 7.83 on his first wave, but saw Kauli Vaast making two excellent waves, with the sea getting weak, Jack didn't have his second wave. He lost the final but achieved Australia's second Olympic medal in surfing, winning the silver medal.

Jack placed 3rd in the regular season and made his second appearance at the 2024 WSL Finals, losing to Ítalo Ferreira and finishing the season in 4th place.

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1997 births
Living people
Australian surfers
World Surf League surfers
People from Margaret River, Western Australia
Sportsmen from Western Australia
Surfers at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Olympic surfers for Australia
Olympic silver medalists for Australia
Olympic medalists in surfing
21st-century Australian sportsmen