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GOLD
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SILVER
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BRONZE
5'7"
32
Honolulu, HI
Punahou School ‘10
Sport: Surfing
Specialty: Women's shortboard
Carissa Moore is a professional surfer who became a global icon after winning the first-ever Olympic gold medal in women's shortboard surfing. Moore began surfing with her father (also a competitive surfer) at just five years old.
In 2018, Moore founded the Moore Aloha Charitable Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization focused on using surfing as a platform to bring young women together. She chooses to wear the flag of Hawaii instead of the United States flag when she competes in World Surf League international competitions, honoring her Hawaiian heritage.
Her mastery and fluidity in the water have made her one of the most revered figures in the sport.
In 2021, Moore won the first Olympic gold medal in women's surfing at the Tokyo 2020 Games. This monumental achievement solidified her status as a pioneer in Olympic surfing.
Moore qualified for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games after placing second in the 2023 World Surf League Championship Tour and competed in the quarterfinals at the games.
Moore is a five-time WSL World Champion in the World Surf League, starting with the year 2011 when she became the youngest World Champion in WSL history at age 18. She went on to win in 2013, 2015, 2019 and 2021.
Moore's passion for surfing began when she started riding waves with her father at Waikiki Beach as a child. She began winning multiple National Scholastic Surfing Association (NSSA) junior surf competitions at the young age of 11. In total, she clinched a record 11 NSSA amateur titles before turning pro. She first qualified to compete in the WSL in 2010 and was named Rookie of the Year.
Silver – 2023, 2022
TEAHUPO’O, Tahiti — Team USA’s Caroline Marks won the gold medal on the final day of surfing at the Olympic Games Paris 2024. Patience, strategy, and her supreme skill paid off as Marks competed in the last match of the day, wrapping up the competition...
Team USA's Caroline Marks advances to the semifinals of the women’s surfing competition at the Olympic Games Paris 2024.
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Team USA's Caroline Marks advances to the semifinals of the women’s surfing competition at the Olympic Games Paris 2024.
When five-time world surfing champion Carissa Moore traveled to Japan with her grandma and sister earlier this year, she felt something was missing.“I have never not brought my board bag with me,” the Olympic gold medalist admitted. “To not be carrying...
Carissa Moore is the reigning Olympic gold medalist and five-time world champion in women’s surfing. In Team USA’s Woman to Woman series, Moore sits down with women’s sports personality Ari Chambers to discuss the sisterhood of women's surfing, her adv...
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