World Surf League to honor women athletes with names on jerseys
By Nicole Bosco
The World Surf League will be honoring female athletes for International Women’s Day with names on contest jerseys.
The athletes of the World Surf League will be taking to the water for their third stop on the Championship Tour. The third event of the 2022 season will be the MEO Pro Portugal at the world-famous Praia de Supertubos in Peniche, Portugal. The men and women will be doing something very special at this stop — they will be wearing the names of women in sports who inspire them.
The athletes will be honoring different female athletes from all different sports on the backs of their contest jerseys. The side of the jerseys will be patched with an International Women’s Day emblem. March is Women’s History Month and March 8 is International Women’s Day.
Among the names to be worn are Naomi Osaka, Lisa Andersen, Ronda Rousey, Michelle Kwan, Bethany Hamilton, and more.
The MEO Pro Portugal event kicks off with opening rounds for both men and women on March 3. Included in the competition are current world number 5 ranked Johanne Defay and last year’s champion Carrissa Moore. For the men, Kelly Slater hopes to carry on his momentum for winning the Billabong Pro Pipeline.
The full list of athletes and names are as follows:
Carissa Moore (HAW): Rell Sunn
Tatiana Weston-Webb (BRA): Michelle Kwan
Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS): Emma McKeon
Johanne Defay (FRA): Florence Arthaud
Stephanie Gilmore (AUS): Phyllis O’Donnell
Lakey Peterson (USA): Billie Jean King
Tyler Wright (AUS): Sue Bird
Isabella Nichols (AUS): Ash Barty
Courtney Conlogue (USA): Lisa Andersen
Gabriela Bryan (HAW): Shelby Longley
Brisa Hennessy (CRI): Andrea Vargas
Bettylou Sakura Johnson (HAW): Ronda Rousey
India Robinson (AUS): Ronda Rousey
Luana Silva (HAW): Sky Brown
Molly Picklum (AUS): Ash Barty
Malia Manuel (HAW): Bethany Hamilton
Bronte Macaulay (AUS): Ash Barty
Tia Blanco (HAW): Lindsey Jacobellis
Filipe Toledo (BRA): Maria Esther Bueno
Ítalo Ferreira (BRA): Ana Marcela Cunha
Conner Coffin (USA): Bethany Hamilton
Morgan Cibilic (AUS): Cathy Freeman
Griffin Colapinto (USA): Bethany Hamilton
Jordy Smith (ZAF): Caster Semenya
Kanoa Igarashi (JPN): Naomi Osaka
Frederico Morais (PRT): Jéssica Silva
John John Florence (HAW): Alex Florence
Jack Robinson (AUS): Rose Namajunas
Kolohe Andino (USA): Carissa Moore
Leonardo Fioravanti (ITA): Federica Pellegrini
Deivid Silva (BRA): Malu Mendes
Ryan Callinan (AUS): Stephanie Gilmore
Ethan Ewing (AUS): Helen Ewing
Kelly Slater (USA): Lisa Andersen
Jadson Andre (BRA): Jessi Miley-Dyer
Miguel Pupo (BRA): Maria Esther Bueno
Seth Moniz (HAW): Rell Sunn
Ezekial Lau (HAW): Natasha Kai
Connor O’Leary (AUS): Akemi Karasawa
Jake Marshall (USA): Serena Williams
Callum Robson (AUS): Chloe Kim
Samuel Pupo (BRA): Naomi Osaka
Nat Young (USA): Rose Namajunas
Imaikalani deVault (HAW): Chloe Kim
Lucca Mesinas (PER): Sofía Mulánovich
Joao Chianca (BRA): Silvana Lima
Jackson Baker (AUS): Tyler Wright
Owen Wright (AUS): Bethany Hamilton
Matthew McGillivray (ZAF): Bianca Buitendag
Vasco Ribeiro (PRT): Serena Williams
Barron Mamiya (HAW): Rose Namajunas
Caio Ibelli (BRA): Chelsea Hedges
Alfonso Antunes (PRT): Stephanie Gilmore
Justin Becret (PRT): Camille Muffat
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