Yolanda Hopkins
Portuguese surfer (born 1998)
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Yolanda Hopkins Sequeira (born 2 June 1998), known as Yolanda Hopkins or Yolanda Sequeira, is a Portuguese professional surfer.[2] At club level she represents Clube Naval de Portimão.[3] She qualified for the 2024 Olympic Games.
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| Born | 2 June 1998 | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 158 cm (5 ft 2 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 55 kg (121 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Surfing | ||||||||||||||
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| Stance | Regular | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Early life
Hopkins was born to a Portuguese father and Welsh mother.[4] She developed an interest in surfing at the age of eight.
Career
Hopkins bagged the Best Wave Award at the 2019 Portugal Surf Awards and also won the Tiago Pires award in the same year.[2]
She claimed second position at the 2021 ISA World Surfing Games which qualified her for the 2020 Summer Olympics, the first Olympic games to include surfing as a sport.[4]
She represented Portugal at the 2020 Summer Olympics which also marked her debut appearance at the Olympics. She qualified for the quarterfinals of the women's shortboard event.[5][6] After making it to the quarterfinals, she was defeated by Bianca Buitendag of South Africa.[7]
Career Victories
| WSL Challenger Series Wins | |||
| Year | Event | Venue | Country |
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| 2025 | Banco do Brasil Saquarema Pro | Saquarema, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |  Brazil |
| Year | Event | Venue | Country |
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| 2023 | Animal Pro | Fistral Beach, Cornwall |  England |
| 2023 | Rip Curl Pro Search Taghazout Bay | Anchor Point, Taghazout Bay |  Morocco |
| 2022 | Rip Curl Pro Anglet | Chambre d'Amour, Anglet |  France |
| 2022 | Animal Pro | Fistral Beach, Cornwall | England |
| 2019 | Roxy Open | Fistral Beach, Cornwall | England |
