Johanne Defay, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Johanne Defay

French surfer

Date of Birth: 19-Nov-1993

Place of Birth: Le Puy-en-Velay, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Profession: surfer

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

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Johanne Defay is a French professional surfer.
She was born in Le Puy-en-Velay, Auvergne, France.
She began surfing at the age of 8 off the beaches of Reunion Island, which is her home today.
After Johanne's first competition when she was only ten years old, she quickly moved through the European amateur ranks to eventually take on the WSL World Qualifying Series.
In 2008 she almost gave up competing.
Finding it difficult to step up from the juniors to the WQS and then when the economy crashed sending surf companies pulling sponsorships, Johanne found herself without sponsors and without decent results.
With her parents’ encouragement Johanne was able to qualify for the WCT within two years. She has won three World Surf League events, the Vans US Open of Surfing 2015, the Fiji Women's Pro 2016 and the Uluwatu CT 2018.