Sanoa Dempfle-Olin

Sanoa Dempfle-Olin is a Canadian surfer, born on 3 July 2005, who became the first Canadian surfer to compete at the Olympic Games. Her record lists first place at the Queen of the Peak in 2016 and at the Rip Curl Pro Open in 2017 while still a child, followed by second places at the Queen of the Peak in 2019, the Rip Curl Pro Open in 2022 and the SLO Cal Open in 2023, and a first place in a World Surf League Qualifying Series event in 2023. In October 2023 she was named to Canada's Pan American Games team and won silver in the shortboard event at the 2023 Games. That silver medal earned her a place at the 2024 Summer Olympics, and in May 2024 she was named to Canada's Olympic team.