Riding the wave to history: B.C. teen first Canadian surfer to qualify for Olympics
Thanks to an appearance in the final of the 2023 Pan Am Games, 18-year-old Sanoa Dempfle-Olin has become the first Canadian surfer to qualify for the Olympics.
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![Before competing at the Paris Olympics next summer, Canadian surfer Sanoa Dempfle-Olin picked up a silver medal in Monday's loss to Tatiana Weston-Webb of Brazil at the Pan Am Games in Pichilemu, Chile. Canadian female surfer rides the waves.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7012509.1698691014!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/olin-sanoa-1180.jpg)
Thanks to an appearance in the final of the 2023 Pan Am Games, 18-year-old Sanoa Dempfle-Olin has become the first Canadian surfer to qualify for the Olympics.