Yolanda Hopkins

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Hopkins and the second or paternal family name is Sequeira.

Yolanda Hopkins Sequeira (born 2 June 1998), known as Yolanda Hopkins or Yolanda Sequeira, is a Portuguese professional surfer.^[2] At club level she represents Clube Naval de Portimão.^[3] She qualified for the 2024 Olympic Games.

Yolanda Hopkins
Hopkins walking back from a training session in 2021
Personal information
Born	(1998-06-02) 2 June 1998 (age 27) Faro, Portugal
Height	158 cm (5 ft 2 in)[1]
Weight	55 kg (121 lb)
Surfing career
Major achievements	5th place at the 2020 Summer Olympics Vice-Champion of the 2021 ISA World Surfing Games
Surfing specifications
Stance	Regular
Medal record World Games 2021 La Libertad Women 2021 La Libertad Team

Early life

Hopkins was born to a Portuguese father and Welsh mother.^[4] She developed an interest in surfing at the age of eight.

Career

Hopkins bagged the Best Wave Award at the 2019 Portugal Surf Awards and also won the Tiago Pires award in the same year.^[2]

She claimed second position at the 2021 ISA World Surfing Games which qualified her for the 2020 Summer Olympics, the first Olympic games to include surfing as a sport.^[4]

She represented Portugal at the 2020 Summer Olympics which also marked her debut appearance at the Olympics. She qualified for the quarterfinals of the women's shortboard event.^[5][6] After making it to the quarterfinals, she was defeated by Bianca Buitendag of South Africa.^[7]