| Tyler Wright | |
| Birth Date: | 31 March 1994 |
| Birth Place: | Culburra Beach, New South Wales, Australia |
| Residence: | Gerroa, New South Wales, Australia |
| Height: | 5 ft 7 in |
| Weight: | 149lb |
| Sponsors: | Rip Curl, Monster Energy Drink, Pyzel Surfboards,Oakley, Ocean & Earth, Power Base Fins[1] |
| Stance: | Regular (natural foot) |
| Best Year: | 1st - WSL World Tour (2016, 2017) |
| Major Achievements: |
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| Show-Medals: | no |
Tyler Wright (born 31 March 1994) is an Australian professional surfer on the WSL World Tour.[2] [3] She is a consecutive WSL Women's World Champion (2016, 2017). She qualified for the 2024 Olympic Games.
Wright, who is from a close-knit surfing family, grew up at Culburra Beach, a surf spot about two hours south of Sydney near Nowra.[4] Her four siblings are Owen, Kirby, Mikey, and Tim. Her father, Rob, a passionate surfer, and her mother, Fiona, drive the whole family around Australia following the amateur scene.[5]
Identifying as bisexual,[6] Wright has been married to Lilli Baker since 2022; the two had met in Newcastle the previous year while Baker was working at a local cafe and Wright was present for a surfing competition.[7]
At the age of 14, Wright overtook a number of champions, some of whom were twice her age, to become the youngest-ever winner of a Championship Tour event, Layne Beachley's Beachley Classic in 2008. Wright joined the World Surf League Women's Championship Tour in 2011,[8] and won World Titles in 2016[9] and 2017.[10]
Australian TV channel ABC featured her in its biographic documentary program Australian Story on national television in March 2017.[11]
In 2018 she fell ill with chronic fatigue syndrome after influenza A.[12]
| WSL World Tour Wins | ||||
| Year | Event | Venue | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swatch Women's Pro Trestles | ||||
| style=text-align:center | Maui Pro presented by ROXY at Pipeline | Banzai Pipeline, Oahu | ||
| style=text-align:center | Bells Beach, Victoria | |||
| style=text-align:center | Bells Beach, Victoria | |||
| Tournament | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roxy Pro Gold Coast | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 5th | 3rd | 1st | 5th | |
| Rip Curl Pro | 5th | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 5th | 5th | 3rd | |
| Margaret River Pro | 2nd | 2nd | 5th | 1st | 2nd | |||
| Rio Pro | 5th | 9th | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 1st | |
| Fiji Pro | 9th | 9th | 13th | 3rd | ||||
| US Open of Surfing | 9th | 9th | 3rd | 1st | 13th | 3rd | 5th | |
| Swatch Women's Pro at Trestles | 5th | 5th | 1st | 9th | ||||
| Cascais Women's Pro | 5th | 1st | 9th | 2nd | 13th | |||
| Roxy Pro France | 9th | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | |
| Maui Women's Pro | 5th | 1st | 3rd | |||||
| TSB Bank Women's Surf Festival | 3rd | 5th | 9th | |||||
| Beachley Classic | 5th | 3rd | ||||||
| Rank | 4th | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | 5th | 1st | 1st | |
| Earnings | $44,000 | $47,500 | $83,000 | $259,000 | $171,500 | $400,500 | $215,250 |