First Olympic gold in surfing (female)

First Olympic gold in surfing (female)
Who
Carissa Moore
What
First
Where
Japan
When
27 July 2020

The first Olympic gold in surfing (female) was won by Carissa Moore (USA), at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic games, at Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach, Japan, on 27 July 2021.

Carissa Moore a four-time WSL champion showed her class by seeing off South African Bianca Buitendag in the final to win the first ever Olympic Gold medal in surfing.