Brazilian Wesley Santos is the new South American WSL champion

Alonso Correa narrowly missed out on giving Peru its first ever South American men's title


November 3, 2018
|EN News
|POR DUKE

Brazilian Wesley Santos won the 2018 WSL South American Champion title by a razor-thin margin ahead of Peruvian Alonso Correa. Santos needed to place ninth in the Maresias QS 3000 and that was exactly what happened.

In a very close series against Nomme Mignot, Michael Rodriguez and Miguel Pupo, Santos was better than Rodriguez, who was 1,80m ahead of him. If he had finished fourth, the title would have gone to Peruvian Alonso Correa, who did not go to Brazil and chose to compete in Hawaii.

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Correa went to Hawaii where she started her season very well and from there, she narrowly missed out on winning the WSL South American title. All photos: WSL

List of South American WSL champions

2018 – Wesley Santos (BRA) and Dominic Barona (ECU)

2017 – Thiago Camarão (BRA-SP) and Anali Gomez (PER)

2016 – Leandro Usuna (ARG) and Nathalie Martins (BRA-PR)

2015 – Robson Santos (BRA-SP) and Sofia Mulanovich (PER)

2014 – Alex Ribeiro (BRA-SP) and Jacqueline Silva (BRA-SC)

2013 – Gabriel Medina (BRA-SP) and Anali Gomez (PER)

2012 – Jean da Silva (BRA-SC) and Sofia Mulanovich (PER)

2011 – Gabriel Medina (BRA-SP) and Dominic Barona (EQU)

2010 – Willian Cardoso (BRA-SC) and Anali Gomez (PER)

2009 – Pablo Paulino (BRA-CE) and Taís de Almeida (BRA-RJ)

2008 – Raoni Monteiro (BRA-RJ) and Silvana Lima (BRA-CE)

2007 – Simão Romão (BRA-RJ) and Silvana Lima (BRA-CE)

2006 – Marcondes Rocha (BRA-AL)

Alonso Correa Peru