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Also known as Bethany Meilani Hamilton

American surfer (born 1990)

Person · Open Library

Works
19

Top works

  • Surfing Past Fear
  • Ask Bethany, Updated Edition
  • Soul Surfer Devotions
  • Clash
  • Rise above

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
24
Total plays
115

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Key facts

Born
Bethany Meilani Hamilton , ( 1990-02-08 ) February 8, 1990 (age 36) , Lihue, Hawaii , U.S.
Spouse
Adam Dirks ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2013 ) ​
Height
5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight
157 lb (71 kg)
Website
bethanyhamilton .com
Sport
Surfing
Major achievements
ESPY Award (2004), NSSA National Helping Kids Champion (2005), 2nd place, ASP World Junior Championships (2008)
Stance
Goofy

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Bethany
Family name
Hamilton
Gender
female
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Līhuʻe
Occupation
writer
Field of work
surfing
Sport
surfing
Mass
64
Official website
bethanyhamilton.com
Image
Bethany Hamilton speaking at Ellsworth Air Force Base (cropped).jpg
Height
180
Show 5 more facts
date of birth
1990-02-08
start of work period
2003666-00
social media followers
1371569
Commons category
Bethany Hamilton
name in native language
Bethany Meilani Hamilton
Sources (5)

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Encyclopedic overview

Bethany Meilani Hamilton (born February 8, 1990) is an American professional surfer and writer. On October 31, 2003, she survived a shark attack in which her left arm was bitten off; ultimately, she returned to professional surfing and wrote about her experiences in the 2004 autobiography, Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to Get Back on the Board. The book was adapted into the 2011 feature film, Soul Surfer. Hamilton attributes her strength to her Christian faith.

Hamilton is also the subject of a 2018 documentary, Bethany Hamilton: Unstoppable, in which she discusses how marriage and motherhood have affected her professional surfing career.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bethany Hamilton” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.