French surfer Poeti Norac has died in Australia at the age of 24, the French Surfing Federation has confirmed.
Norac, a longboard surfer who finished runner-up in the French national championships in 2018 and third in 2016, had moved to Australia for several months and died last weekend on Queensland's Sunshine Coast.
Norac started surfing with her father at the age of six in her hometown Les Sables-d'Olonne on the east coast of France. She had been competing for 10 years having transitioned from short to longboard format."It is with great sadness that we learned of the death of our young ambassador Poeti Norac," lifestlye brand Oxbow posted on Instagram.
"Her father informed us of her death on the Sunshine Coast last week, and it is in agreement with the family that we publish this terrible news today."
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