Joan Duru

Joan Duru is a French professional surfer, born in Bayonne on 25 April 1989. He began surfing at the age of seven and started competing at ten after joining the Hossegor Surf Club. In 2006 he became the Association of Surfing Professionals European Junior champion, and in 2009 he won the ASP European WQS. At the 2017 ISA World Surfing Games he won the silver medal, finishing behind Mexico's Jhony Corzo, and at the 2021 games in El Salvador he won the gold medal, which makes him a two-time World Surfing Games medalist. In 2023 he won the eighth edition of the Quemao Class. At the 2024 ISA World Surfing Games he placed fourth, which secured the remaining French slot at the 2024 Olympic Games, and he said he intended to retire from competitive surfing after the Olympics.