Keira Buckpitt

SPORT: Surfing
BIRTHDATE: July 19, 2005
BIRTH PLACE: Australia
RESIDENCE: Australia

BIOGRAPHY

Keira Buckpitt is the 2021 Australian national U18 surfing champion, #2 Australian junior pro surfer and Australia team captain at the 2023 ISA World Junior Surfing Championships. She also claimed team silver at her maiden outing at Worlds in 2022, the same year she began racing the pro junior circuit. The talented surfer from Culburra Beach qualified to surf the 2023 WSL World Junior Tour, placing 9th at the World Junior Championships in Oceanside, California – another step towards her dream of making the World Tour of surfing and becoming an Olympian in the sport.

STATISTICS & ACHIEVEMENTS

  • Australia team captain, 2023 ISA World Junior Surfing Championships
  • Team Silver, 2022 ISA World Junior Surfing Championships (individual 9th)
  • #2, 2023 Australian Junior Pro Rankings
  • #1, 2021 Australian National Rankings U18 Girls
  • 2022 Billabong Oz Grom Cup U18 Girls Champion
  • 2021 Australian Junior Online Surfing Champion
  • Nominated for Pho3nix Sports Awards Q1 2024

INTERESTING FACT

Keira loves all sorts of sports, including soccer, touch football, mountain biking, snowboarding, and skateboarding.