Brisa Hennessy

Brisa Hennessy is a Costa Rican professional surfer, born on 16 September 1999, who competes on the World Surf League tour. She was born in San Jose but grew up on the Osa Peninsula, where her parents ran a surf school, and she stood up on her first wave at the age of three. At nine she moved to Oahu to chase a professional career, and she qualified for the Championship Tour in 2018, becoming the first Costa Rican to do so. Her best result at a tour event was third place at the Corona Bali Protected in 2019. That year's standings earned her a place at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, where surfing made its Olympic debut, and she later qualified for the 2024 Games in Paris, where she finished fourth.