Leihani Zoric becomes youngest ISA Under-18 world junior champion
Thirteen-year-old Leihani Zoric has become the youngest International Surfing Association Under-18 World Junior Champion in history and the first Indigenous world champion surfer. She nearly missed the competition in El Salvador before securing the record, ABC News Australia reports.
Thirteen-year-old surfer Leihani Zoric has become the youngest International Surfing Association Under-18 World Junior Champion in history, ABC News Australia reported. Zoric also became the first Indigenous world champion surfer, according to the report. The achievement came after she nearly did not compete at the event in El Salvador.
The available source material does not explain why Zoric almost missed the competition. It also does not state the date of the event, the result of the deciding contest or the Indigenous community to which she belongs. The report identifies the championship as an ISA Under-18 World Junior title.
It does not provide details of Zoric’s performances during the event, the waves or conditions, or the competitors she defeated. The supplied information establishes two records associated with the teenager’s victory: she is the youngest surfer to win the ISA Under-18 World Junior Championship and the first Indigenous surfer to become a world champion. Her age at the time of the achievement was 13.
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