Tyler Wright (surfer)
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| Born | 31 March 1994 Culburra Beach, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 149 lb (68 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Surfing | ||||||||||||||
| Best year | 1st - WSL World Tour (2016, 2017) | ||||||||||||||
| Sponsors | Rip Curl, Monster Energy Drink, Pyzel Surfboards, Oakley, Ocean & Earth, Power Base Fins[1] | ||||||||||||||
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| Stance | Regular (natural foot) | ||||||||||||||
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Tyler Wright (born 31 March 1994) is an Australian professional surfer on the WSL World Tour.[2][3] She is a consecutive WSL Women's World Champion (2016, 2017). She qualified for the 2024 Olympic Games.
Wright, who is from a close-knit surfing family, grew up at Culburra Beach, a surf spot about two hours south of Sydney near Nowra.[4] Her four siblings are Owen, Kirby, Mikey, and Tim. Her father, Rob, a passionate surfer, and her mother, Fiona, drove the whole family around Australia following the amateur scene.[5]
Career
At the age of 14, Wright overtook a number of champions, some of whom were twice her age, to become the youngest-ever winner of a Championship Tour event,[6] Layne Beachley's Beachley Classic in 2008. Wright joined the World Surf League Women's Championship Tour in 2011,[7] and won World Titles in 2016[8] and 2017.[9] In 2025, Wright became the first woman to win the Pipe Pro event at the Banzai Pipeline twice, having won it previously in 2020 and then winning it again in 2025.[10][11]
Media
Australian TV channel ABC featured her in its biographic documentary program Australian Story on national television in March 2017.[6]
Personal life
Wright is bisexual,[12] and has been married to Lilli Baker since 2022; the two had met in Newcastle the previous year while Baker was working at a local cafe and Wright was present for a surfing competition.[13]
In 2018 Wright fell ill with chronic fatigue syndrome after influenza A.[14]
