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Yolanda Hopkins

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Yolanda Hopkins
Hopkins walking back from a training session in 2021
Personal information
Born (1998-06-02) 2 June 1998 (age 26)
Faro, Portugal
Height158 cm (5 ft 2 in)[1]
Weight55 kg (121 lb)
Surfing career
Major achievements
Surfing specifications
StanceRegular
Medal record
World Games
Silver medal – second place 2021 La Libertad Women
Bronze medal – third place 2021 La Libertad Team

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.

Early life

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Hopkins was born to a Portuguese father and Welsh mother.[4] She developed an interest in surfing at the age of eight.

Career

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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]

References

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  1. ^ Portugueses | Tóquio 2020 | PÚBLICO
  2. ^ a b "Surfing Yolanda Hopkins - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". Retrieved 2021-07-27.
  3. ^ "LIGA MEO SURF 2021- Ranking Feminino". ANS (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-09-16.
  4. ^ a b Resident, Portugal (2021-07-01). "Algarve surfer Yolanda Hopkins prepares for Olympics after becoming world vice-champion". Portugal Resident. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
  5. ^ "Surfing - Women Schedule | Tokyo 2020 Olympics". Retrieved 2021-07-27.
  6. ^ Bruxo, Michael (2021-07-26). "Algarve surfer Yolanda Hopkins qualifies for Olympic quarter finals". Portugal Resident. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
  7. ^ staff, Sport24. "Team SA guaranteed another medal as surfer Buitendag makes final in Tokyo". Sport. Retrieved 2021-07-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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