Stephanie Gilmore

Just Women's Sports

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4.8 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 24 November 2020

⏱️ 64 minutes

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The most dominant surfer of her generation joins Kelley O’Hara to discuss her life in and out of the water. Born and raised in New South Wales, Australia, Stephanie Gilmore won her first professional event when she was still in high school. As a rookie on the Women’s ASP World Tour, she won four of the eight events and claimed the 2007 World Title, which she then defended for the next three years. Stephanie talks with Kelley about her innate competitive drive, her love of the sport, how she recovered from a random act of violence to reclaim her top spot, what it means to be going to the Olympics next summer, and how she fought for and won equal prize money for women surfers. Go deeper. Presented by Heineken

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0:00.0	It's just so special. I think surfing and having a connection with the ocean like that.
0:06.0	It gives you an awareness of the elements. You know, you're paying attention to the tide and the wind and the swell and it's really cool that we can have that connection like a bond with the
0:17.5	ocean which is always going to be more powerful than anything else. Welcome to the Just Woman Sports Podcast, where we talk to the biggest athletes in the world about the
0:29.4	untold stories behind their success.
0:31.6	I'm Kelly O'Hara, and my guest today is Stephanie Gilmore.
0:34.3	Stephanie Gilmore is already one of the greatest surfers of all time and she might just
0:39.2	be the greatest when she hangs it up. Stephanie turned pro at 19 and her first year on the world
0:44.8	tour won the world title. She then followed that up with three more consecutive world titles,
0:50.0	making it four in a row. In 2018, she her seven tying for the most all time by a woman surfer.
0:58.0	Stephanie, welcome to the show.
0:59.6	Thanks for having me Kelly. Very excited. How you doing today?
1:03.0	I'm pretty good.
1:04.0	Yep.
1:05.0	Yeah. Just hanging out here down in Australia.
1:08.0	Relaxin?
1:09.0	Yep, chilling out.
1:11.0	Very nice.
1:12.0	Not too many waves today, so it's a good time to have
1:13.8	Oh perfect so we we're not keeping you from anything good out there that's what I
1:17.9	was most worried about for sure not we're all good Well, I am super pumped to have you on today. You are our second
1:27.3	Aussie to come on the podcast, but you're our first surfer and I personally am super excited because I love surfing I'm not very good
1:36.0	sadly I wish I was better but I think it's just one of the most peaceful calming
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