Kelly Slater is an American professional surfer who has been crowned World Surf League champion a record eleven times. He is widely regarded as the greatest professional surfer of all time and holds fifty six Championship Tour victories. He has won the Laureus World Sports Awards Action Sportsperson of the Year four times plus a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2025, and remains the oldest surfer still active on the World Surf League tour, having won his eighth Billabong Pipeline Masters title at age forty nine.
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Career HighlightRecord 11-time World Surf League champion with 56 Championship Tour victories, widely regarded as the greatest professional surfer of all time. 1 Classification
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How old was Kelly Slater when he won his first world title?
He was 20 when he won his first world title.
Kelly Slater was 20 years old when he secured his first world title, which came after his win at the Pipeline Masters in Hawaii. That made him the youngest surfing world champion at the time. He went on to become a record eleven time World Surf League champion.
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Robert Kelly Slater (born February 11, 1972) is an American professional surfer who has been crowned World Surf League champion a record 11 times.
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Robert Kelly Slater (born February 11, 1972) is an American professional surfer who has been crowned World Surf League champion a record 11 times.
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Robert Kelly Slater (born February 11, 1972) is an American professional surfer who has been crowned World Surf League champion a record 11 times.
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Robert Kelly Slater (born February 11, 1972) is an American professional surfer who has been crowned World Surf League champion a record 11 times.
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He is widely regarded as the greatest professional surfer of all time, and holds 56 Championship Tour victories.
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Robert Kelly Slater (born February 11, 1972) is an American professional surfer who has been crowned World Surf League champion a record 11 times.
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