| João Chianca | |
| Birth Name: | João Vítor de Azeredo Chianca |
| Birth Date: | August 30, 2000 |
| Birth Place: | Saquarema, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Best Year: | 4th: 2023 - WSL |
| Sponsors: | Volcom |
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| Stance: | Regular (natural foot) |
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João Vítor de Azeredo Chianca (Saquarema, August 30, 2000) is a Brazilian professional surfer in the World Surf League (WSL).[1] [2] He qualified for the 2024 Olympic Games.
The younger brother of Lucas Chumbo and the son of Gustavo Chumbão, he made his debut in the main surfing competition in 2022. In the 2023 season, he was a semifinalist in the first two competitions of the season in Hawaii[3] and won his first title in Portugal in Peniche, on Supertubos Beach.[4] [5] [6]
After debuting in the World Surfing Elite in 2022, Chianca was unable to maintain himself after the mid-season cut. Still in 2022, competing in Challenge Series, he reclassified and returned to the CT in 2023.[7] Returning to the CT in 2023,[8] Chianca had his best career finish. With a strong start to the season he had two 3rd places in the first two events and his first CT victory in the MEO Rip Curl Pro Portugal event beating Jack Robinson in the final.[9] At the end of the season he achieved his first classification at the WSL Finals, beating Jack Robinson in the first heat and losing to Ethan Ewing shortly thereafter, finishing in fourth place, his best in the CT. In addition, he got Brazil's second place at the Olympic Games Paris 2024, his first Olympic participation.[10]
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