Tom and Cheri Hamilton welcomed Hamilton into the world on February 8, 1990, in Lihue, Hawaii. Noah and Timothy, two of her older brothers, are her.
She started surfing at the age of three, started competing at the age of eight, and at the age of 10, she received her first sponsorship.
Bethany Hamilton Age
Survivor of a shark attack in 2003 in which her left arm bit off, Bethany Meilani Hamilton born February 8, 1990 (33 years) is an American professional surfer and writer who later resumed her competitive surfing career.
Height
Bethany Hamilton is 5 feet 11 inches (180 cm) tall and weighs 154 pounds (70 kg)
Education
Bethany Hamilton used homeschooling as her primary method of education because she began her surfing career at an early age. She began homeschooling in the sixth grade and finished her education this way.
Today
Bethany has carried on competing as a surfer after the shark attack that forever altered her life. The legendary surfer will take Stephanie Gilmore’s spot as the WSL’s Billabong Pro Pipeline competitor in 2022. Stephanie had to leave the tournament after testing positive for COVID-19, but Bethany entered as a wildcard.
Movies
Roy “Dutch” Hofstetter, who later produced the movie Soul Surfer, was in charge of overseeing her transformation from shark attack survivor to media darling.
Her 2004 book was the basis for the feature picture Soul Surfer, which debuted in theaters in 2011.
The story of the newborn dolphin Hope is the focus of the sequel to Dolphin Tale, in which Hamilton stars as herself.
In the RipCurl short Master and ABethany’sce, Hamilton appeared alongside the young surfer Erin Brooks.
Bethany Instagram account @bethanyhamilton