Owen Wright
Owen Wright was born in Culburra Beach, New South Wales, Australia on January 16th, 1990 and is the Surfer. At the age of 34, Owen Wright biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
At 34 years old, Owen Wright has this physical status:
Wright won the Australian title in 2007 and qualified for the Champions Tour in 2009. In his 2010 debut season he ranked seventh, and was named Rookie of the Year. In 2011 he won his first Champions Tour event at Long Island, New York receiving surfing’s largest-ever prize of $300,000.
During the 2015 tour, Wright won his second title at the Fiji Pro event scoring two perfect 10-point rides. This was the first time such a score had been achieved at the one event and he was only the fifth surfer to ever achieve a perfect 20. The win took him to third place in the 2015 season's standings.
In December, in the lead up to the Pipeline Masters, the final event of the 2015 calendar, he had a wipe out at Banzai Pipeline in Hawaii. Wright suffered a traumatic brain injury and had to relearn how to talk, walk and then surf again. He recorded his recovery steps on social media. Owen is now championing the use of safety helmets while surfing to protect surfers from wipeout injuries.
After spending 2016 recovering, Wright was granted a wildcard entry to the 2017 World Surf League season.
In his comeback, Wright won the Champions Tour calendar's opening event, the Quiksilver Pro at Snapper Rocks on Australia's Gold Coast. It was his third WSL title.
In between WSL events, Wright trained with Surfing Australia's national squad preparing for the debut of surfing at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games where he won a bronze medal.