Gabriel Medina is the first ever Brazilian to claim a world surfing trophy. The history of competitive surfing has just added another flag to the list of champions. And it’s not easy to win a world title these days. Precisely 50 years after the inaugural ISF World Surfing Championships won by Midget Farrelly and Phyllis O’Donnell, a Portuguese-speaking surfer raises the ultimate surfing cup. Gabriel Medina was born on the 22nd December, 1993, in Maresias, São Paulo, Brazil. He caught his first wave with a friend, when he was only eight years old. Before, Gabriel loved to play soccer like millions of other Brazilian young kids.

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Gabriel Medina wins maiden ASP World Championship Tour title

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