Brazilian surfing suffered a huge decline. One of its main representatives, Gabriel Medina, suffered an injury that should rule him out of the rest of the 2025 season during training.
Next, the Sporting News brings more details about what happened to Gabriel Medina. Check it out!
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What was Gabriel Medina’s injury? When will the surfer return?
Gabriel Medina was injured during training at Praia de Maresias, in São Sebastião, north coast of São Paulo, on Friday (11/01). While trying to perform an aerial maneuver, he injured the pectoralis major muscle tendon in his left shoulder.
The athlete underwent surgery this Saturday and will miss the WSL season.
— The surgery was successful and we were able to reconstitute the tendon properly. After the initial recovery period, Gabriel will begin intensive physiotherapy sessions and should be able to return to training in four to six months and to competitions in six to eight months — explained Breno Schor, orthopedist responsible for the surfer’s procedure.
The 2025 WSL season begins on January 27th, in Pipeline, Hawaii. Without Medina, Brazil still has strong names on the circuit. Among them, Tatiana Weston-Webb, Filipe Toledo, Italo Ferreira and João Chianca.
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What is Gabriel Medina’s net worth and salary?
Gabriel Medina’s annual revenue ranges between R$11 million and R$18 million. Among its sources of income are championship prizes, sponsorships and advertising, as well as other investments, such as in real estate and companies.
Currently, Medina has investments in a footwear company focused on the sustainable market.
Gabriel Medina’s total assets reach close to R$100 million, accumulated throughout his career.
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Who is Gabriel Medina?
Gabriel started surfing at the age of 8, after his parents’ divorce and encouraged by his stepfather, Charlão, who was an amateur surfer.
At the age of 11, he began to win amateur, regional and national titles. In 2011, he became the youngest Brazilian surfer to have access to the WSL Championship Tour (CT), at just 17 years old.
In 2014, he was the first Brazilian to win the World Championship. In the following three years, he always placed himself among the top three, winning the world titles again in 2018 and 2021, consolidating himself as one of the main surfers in the world.
