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Gabriel Medina: Olympic setback and comeback. His meteoric rise faced its first major setback at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, where surfing made its inaugural appearance. Despite his stellar achievements before the competition, he landed a humbling fourth place.
Gabriel Medina is an all-rounded surfer. He combines innate aerial surfing skills with old-school, wave-face footwork, and above-average tube-riding competence. Medina has several nicknames, but "Funky Cold Medina," "Medina Airlines," "Gabby," "Fenómeno," "Gabs," "Air Medina," and "The Freak" are the most popular ones.
Sep 14, 2021 · September 14, 2021 | Surfing. Gabriel Medina and Carissa Moore have been crowned 2021 World Surf League (WSL) Championship Tour champions. The WSL Finals got underway in classic four-to-eight-foot waves at Lower Trestles in San Clemente, Southern California.
Dec 19, 2014 · Photo: Lowe-White. It’s official—Gabriel Medina is the new World Champion. For the first time in history a South American holds the WCT World Title. The 20-year-old phenom from the beachbreaks of São Paulo, Medina now joins Kelly Slater as one of the two youngest World Champions ever.
Mar 3, 2024 · At the start of the 2024 ISA World Surfing Games, Gabriel Medina promised that he would give “100 per cent” to winning the competition. On Sunday, 3 March, after nine days and eight undefeated heats, he proved that he meant it.
Mar 4, 2024 · March 3 (Reuters) - Three time world champion Gabriel Medina won surfing's final Olympic qualifying event in Puerto Rico on Sunday, securing a spot in an expanded Brazilian team that will go...
Dec 31, 2021 · An Enigmatic Surfer. Medina has become a tactics-and-strategy master with above-average wave reading skills. His aerial arsenal is probably one of the finest and richest on the planet and, on the face of the wave, the three-time world champion is applying more power than in his early 20s.
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