Courtney Conlogue
Courtney Conlogue (born August 25, 1992) is an American professional surfer. She was born in Santa Ana, California. Courtney learned to surf at the age of 4. In 2004 when she was 11, Conlogue was the youngest athlete to be selected to the USA Junior Surf Team. She went on to achieve 11th place in the 2005 ISA World Junior Surfing Championships. By the time she was 14, she had won a surfing gold medal as a member of the U.S. Team in the X Games. When she was 17 she won the biggest competition in the US at the Hurley U.S. Open of Surfing, held at her home break in Huntington Beach, California.
| Courtney Conlogue | |
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| Personal information | |
| Born | August 25, 1992 Santa Ana, California, U.S. |
| Nickname | Lil' Tiger |
| Residence | Santa Ana, California, U.S. |
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
| Weight | 139 lb (63 kg) |
| Surfing career | |
| Best year | 2nd – 2015, 2016 |
| Sponsors | Rockstar Energy Drink, Billabong, Swatch, Verizon Wireless, Kaenon, Dakine, FCS, Toyota of Huntington Beach, Sexwax, Tim Stamps Surfboards |
| Major achievements | Rank #2 for both 2015 & 2016 WSL Championships |
| Surfing specifications | |
| Stance | Regular |
| Shaper(s) | Tim Stamps |
Conlogue suffered a major ankle injury while freesurfing before her heat at the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach in Australia. She had to withdraw from the contest as well as the Rio Pro. However, later she ranked in #2 place for two years in a row for the World Surf League.
She was the winner of the U.S. Open of surfing in 2009 and 2018.
In 2019 she was inducted into the Surfing Walk of Fame as their Woman of the Year.[1]
Competitive highlights
- 2018 #1 Vans US Open of Surfing- Huntington Beach, California
- 2017 Rank #4
- 2017 1st Rip Curl Women’s Pro – Australia
- 2017 1st Outerknown Fiji Women’s Pro – Fiji
- 2017 3rd Vans US Open of Surfing – California
- 2016 Rank #2 WSL
- 2016 3rd Maui Women’s Pro – Hawaii
- 2016 3rd Roxy Pro – France
- 2016 1st Cascais Women’s Pro – Portugal
- 2016 3rd Oi Rio Women’s Pro – Brazil
- 2016 2nd Women’s Drug Aware Margaret River Pro – Australia
- 2016 1st Rip Curl Women’s Pro – Australia
- 2016 2nd Roxy Pro Gold Coast – Australia
- 2015 Ranked 2nd WSL
- 2015 1st Cascais Women’s Pro – Portugal
- 2015 3rd Vans US Open of Surfing – California
- 2015 1st Oi Rio Women’s Pro – Brazil
- 2015 1st Women’s Drug Aware Margaret River Pro – Australia
- 2015 3rd Rip Curl Women’s Pro – Australia
- 2014 Ranked 9th WSL
- 2014 3rd Target Maui Pro – Hawaii
- 2014 2nd Roxy Pro – France
- 2013 Ranked 4th WSL
- 2013 2nd Van’s US Open – California
- 2013 1st TSB Bank Surf Festival – New Zealand
- 2013 3rd Rip Curl Women’s Pro – Australia
- 2012 Ranked 5th WSL
- 2012 1st Commonwealth Bank Beachley Classic – Australia
- 2011 Ranked 8th WSL
References