Note presented by the International Surfing Association
All photos: ISA/Grant/Evans

Colombian Freddy Marimón Blanco was crowned world champion yesterday in La Jolla, California, where a new edition of the International Surfing Association's world championship of adapted surfing was held.

Marimón had reached the semis and final in this tournament but the gold medal had eluded him. In yesterday's grand final he was unbeatable, scoring 18,83 out of 20 possible points to leave behind the former champion of his division Davi Texeira (BRA), Samantha Bloom (AUS) and Nuno Vitorino (POR).

This is Colombia's first gold medal at an International Surfing Association event, coming a week after it won its first two Pan American gold medals.

Meanwhile, as a giant sign that important programs are being created in Chile to support adaptive surfing, the team from that country won the team bronze, which included two individual medals: Noemi Alvarez's silver in AS2, Miguel Rojas' copper in AS4, and Valentina Ponce's bronze in AS5, in addition to the good results of a multitudinous team that added good points.

Spain, led by Aitor Francesena and Carmen García, won the copper in the AS VI division (for blind or visually impaired people).

The team trophy was won by the home team, the United States.

Team Ranking
Gold – USA
Silver – Brazil
Bronze – Chile
Copper – Hawaii
5 – France
6 – Australia
7 – England
8 - Japan
9 – South Africa
10 – Canada

Individual Results:
AS-3
Gold – Fellipe Lima (BRA)
Silver – Jeff Munson (USA)
Bronze – Meira Duarte Va'a (HAW)
Copper – David Munk (AUS)

AS-4
Gold – Bruno Hansen (DEN)
Silver – Christiaan Bailey (USA)
Bronze – Massimiliano Mattei (ITA)
Copper – Miguel Rojas (CHI)

AS-4 Women
Gold – Ann Yoshida (HAW)
Silver – Sarah Bettencourt (USA)
Bronze – Suzanne Edwards (HAW)
Copper – Morgane Elvira (FRA)

AS-5 Women
Gold – Samantha Bloom (AUS)
Silver – Katell Michler (FRA)
Bronze – Valentina Ponce (CHI)
Copper – Monique Aparecida (BRA)

AS-VI Women
Gold – Melissa Reid (ENG)
Silver – Ling Pai (CAN)
Bronze – Marta Jordão Paço (POR)
Copper – Carmen Garcia (ENG)

AS-VI
Gold – Matthew Formston (AUS)
Silver – Gwendal du Fretay (FRA)
Bronze – Elias Figue Diel (BRA)
Copper – Aitor Francesena (ESP)

AS-3 Women
Gold – Alana Nichols (USA)
Silver – Meira Duarte Va'a (HAW)

AS-2 Women
Gold – Victoria Feige (CAN)
Silver – Noemi Alvarez (CHI)
Bronze – Dani Burt (USA)

AS-2
Gold – Henrique Saraiva (BRA)
Silver – Mark 'Mono' Stewart (AUS)
Bronze – Llwelyn Williams (WAL)
Copper – Masafumi Kobayashi (JPN)

Open AS-5
Gold – Freddy Marimon (COL)
Silver – Davi Teixeira (BRA)
Bronze – Samantha Bloom (AUS)
Copper – Nuno Vitorino (POR)

AS-1 Women
Gold – Kazune Uchida (JPN)
Silver – Grace Anderson (RSA)
Bronze – Charlotte Banfield (ENG)
Copper – Darian Haynes (HAW)

AS-1
Gold – Antony Smyth (RSA)
Silver – Jonathan Borba (BRA)
Bronze – Adi Klang (ISR)
Copper – Robson Gasperi (BRA)