SANTIAGO, Chile — Canadian surfer Sanoa Dempfle-Olin qualified for next summer's Olympic Games by reaching the Pan American Games women's final Monday. The 18-year-old from Tofino, B.C., won her semifinal heat 10-4.
SANTIAGO, Chile — Canadian surfer Sanoa Dempfle-Olin qualified for next summer's Olympic Games by reaching the Pan American Games women's final Monday.
The 18-year-old from Tofino, B.C., won her semifinal heat 10-4.20 over Leilani McGonagle of Costa Rica. Dempfle-Olin finished with a silver medal. She was beaten 12.33-10.13 by Brazil's Tatiana Weston-Webb for gold. Dempfle-Olin's Olympic qualification is provisional upon her competing in the 2024 ISA World Surfing Games in Puerto Rico.
Canada didn't have a surfer in the sport's Olympic debut in Tokyo two years ago. Dempfle-Olin's older sister Mathea won Pan Am Games bronze in Lima, Peru in 2019. Vancouver's Spencer Finn earned a bronze medal in men's standup paddleboard surfing at Punta de Lobos southwest of Chile's host city Santiago.Donna Spencer, The Canadian Press
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