Tyler Wright (born 31 March 1994) is an Australian professional surfer on the WSL World Tour. She is a consecutive WSL Women's World Champion (2016, 2017). She qualified for the 2024 Olympic Games.
Early life 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. Her four siblings are Owen, Kirby, Mikey, and Tim. Her father, Rob, a passionate surfer, and her mother, Fiona, drove the whole family around Australia following the amateur scene.James Buckley, article Tyler Wright dedicates the world surfing title to her late uncle. Sydney Morning Herald 13 October 2013
Career 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, and won World Titles in 2016 and 2017. In 2025, Wright became the first woman to win the Pipe Pro event at the Banzai Pipeline twice, having won it previously in 2020 and then winning it again in 2025.
Media Australian TV channel ABC featured her in its biographic documentary program Australian Story on national television in March 2017.
Personal life Wright is bisexual, and 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.
In 2018 Wright fell ill with chronic fatigue syndrome after influenza A.
Career victories WSL World Tour Wins YearEventVenueCountry 2008 Beachley Classic Manly Beach 2010 O'Neill Women's World Cup Sunset Beach, Hawaii 2013 Roxy Pro Gold Coast Kirra, Queensland 2013 Colgate Plax Girls Rio Pro Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 2014 U.S. Open of Surfing Huntington Beach, California 2014 Roxy Pro France Soorts-Hossegor 2015 Roxy Pro France Soorts-Hossegor 2016 Roxy Pro Gold Coast Snapper Rocks 2016 Drug Aware Pro Margaret River Margaret River 2016 Oi Rio Pro Rio de Janeiro 2016 Swatch Women's Pro Trestles San Clemente 2016 Maui Women's Pro Maui 2017 Oi Rio Women's Pro Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 2021 Maui Pro presented by ROXY at PipelineBanzai Pipeline, Oahu 2022 Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach Bells Beach, Victoria 2023 Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach Bells Beach, Victoria 2025 Lexus Pipe ProBanzai Pipeline, Oahu
WSL World Championship Tour
Tournament2011201220132014201520162017 Roxy Pro Gold Coast2nd3rd1st5th3rd1st5th Rip Curl Pro5th3rd2nd2nd5th5th3rd Margaret River Pro 2nd2nd5th1st2nd Rio Pro5th 9th1st3rd3rd1st1st Fiji Pro 9th 9th 13th3rd US Open of Surfing 9th 9th3rd1st 13th3rd5th Swatch Women's Pro at Trestles 5th5th1st 9th Cascais Women's Pro 5th1st 9th2nd 13th Roxy Pro France 9th2nd2nd3rd1st2nd3rd Maui Women's Pro 5th1st3rd TSB Bank Women's Surf Festival3rd5th 9th Beachley Classic5th3rd Rank 4th 4th2nd2nd5th1st1stEarnings $44,000 $47,500 $83,000 $259,000 $171,500 $400,500 $215,250
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