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 Silvana Lima after winning her heat at the Swatch Pro 2017. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 29 October 1984 Paracuru, Ceará, Brazil | |||||||||||||||||
| Residence | Paracuru, Ceará, Brazil | |||||||||||||||||
| Surfing career | ||||||||||||||||||
| Best year | Vice World Champion – 2008, 2009 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Stance | Regual (natural foot) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Silvana Lima (born 29 October 1984) is a Brazilian professional surfer. She was born in Paracuru, Ceará, Brazil on 29 October 1984 and grew up in a snack-shack on the sand, owned by her parents. When she was seven years old, she fashioned a makeshift fin to a piece of wood and taught herself to surf. She got her first real surfboard at age 14.[1]
Despite competing in the top tier of women's surfing for eight years, Lima was unable to secure sponsorship.[2] She spoke publicly about the challenge, attributing it to surf wear brands only wanting to sponsor surfers who look like models, regardless of their talents. In order to fund her travels, she began breeding French bulldogs.[3]
In the ASP World Tour, she placed 9th in 2006,[4] 3rd in 2007,[5] runner-up in 2008 and 2009, 4th in 2010[6] and 5th in 2011.[7]
She represented Brazil at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[8][9] She is openly lesbian.[10]
- ^ "Silvana Lima Surfer Bio | Age, Height, Videos & Results". World Surf League. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
- ^ "Top surfer Silvana Lima says sponsors ignore her because she's not pretty enough". Stuff. 2016-02-29. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
- ^ "Brazil's Best Pro Surfer Can't Get Sponsors Because She Doesn't "Look Like a Model"". Remezcla. 2016-03-09. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
- ^ "Silvana Lima Age, Net Worth, Bio, Height". Super Stars Culture. 2020-05-26. Retrieved 2024-03-21.
- ^ "Silvana Lima". Olympics. Retrieved 2024-03-21.
- ^ "silvana-lima-claims-2010-movistar-peru-classic-423206". Tracks Magazine. 2010-06-09. Retrieved 2024-03-21.
- ^ "Results for Silvana Lima at The Drug Aware Pro Women's 2011". World Surf League. Retrieved 2024-03-21.
- ^ Brasil, Bolavip. "Brasil já tem 275 atletas classificados para os Jogos Olímpicos de Tóquio". Bolavip Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-06-27.
- ^ "Surfing LIMA Silvana". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-08-23. Retrieved 2021-08-23.
- ^ Outsports (2021-07-12). "At least 180 out LGBTQ athletes at Tokyo Olympics, a record by far". Outsports. Retrieved 2021-08-02.