Surfing

Which women’s surfers have won the Bells Beach Surf Classic?

There are bigger waves on the pro surfing circuit, but few have earned the reverence of this right hander.

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There may be bigger waves of the professional surfing circuit but few have earned the same reverence as the right-hand reef break at Bells Beach in Victoria, Australia.

Every year since 1961, the cream of the pro surfing world has converged on this little pocket of coast found an hour-and-a-half outside of Melbourne, with the who's who battling it out for the right to ring the bell over the Easter weekend.

And while superstars from the northern hemisphere have risen above the pack down under, Bells' champion has more often than not been a local.

From the pioneers of the longboard era to the household heroes of recent years, here is every female surfer to have won the Bells Beach Surf Classic.

Year Winner Nationality Score
1964 Gail Couper Australian -
1965 Not Held - -
1966 Gail Couper Australian -
1967 Gail Couper Australian -
1968 Gail Couper Australian -
1969 Vivien Campbell Australian -
1970 Gail Couper Australian -
1971 Gail Couper Australian -
1972 Gail Couper Australian -
1973 Not Held - -
1974 Gail Couper Australian -
1975 Gail Couper Australian -
1976 Gail Couper Australian -
1977 Margo Oberg American -
1978 Margo Oberg American -
1979 Lynne Boyer American -
1980 Margo Oberg American -
1981 Linda Davoli American -
1982 Debbie Beacham American -
1983 Helen Lambert Australian -
1984 Kim Mearig American -
1985 Frieda Zamba American -
1986 Freida Zamba American -
1987 Jodie Cooper Australian -
1988 Kim Mearig American 115.9
1989 Wendy Botha Australian 120.8
1990 Lisa Andersen American 111.5
1991 Pauline Menczer Australian 90.8
1992 Lisa Andersen American 23.2
1993 Pauline Menczer Australian 19.7
1994 Layne Beachley Australian 20.67
1995 Lisa Andersen American 27.10
1996 Pauline Menczer Australian 22.30
1997 Lisa Andersen American 26.00
1998 Layne Beachley Australian 24.50
1999 Layne Beachley Australian 21.25
2000 Megan Abubo Hawaiian 18.90
2001 Neridah Falconer Australian -
2002 Not Held - -
2003 Not Held - -
2004 Not Held - -
2005 Sofia Mulanovich Peru 15.83
2006 Not Held - -
2007 Stephanie Gilmore Australia 16.50
2008 Stephanie Gilmore Australia 16.50
2009 Silvana Lima Brazilian 17.34
2010 Stephanie Gilmore Australian 14.67
2011 Sally Fitzgibbons Australian 16.77
2012 Sally Fitzgibbons Australian 10.76
2013 Carissa Moore Hawaiian 11.00
2014 Carissa Moore Hawaiian 15.73
2015 Carissa Moore Hawaiian 14.00
2016 Courtney Conlogue American 16.53
2017 Courtney Conlogue American 17.00
2018 Stephanie Gilmore Australian 14.17
2019 Courtney Conlogue American 15.83
2020 Not Held - -
2021 Not Held - -
2022 Tyler Wright Australian 16.93
2023 Tyler Wright Australian 16.00

 

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