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13-03-2024, 07:45 PM
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Tim Elter, the Majorero surfer who will go to the Olympics.
The athlete born and on the island, and raised in Lajares, has lived all his life next to the waves of the north of the island of Fuerteventura
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The young Majorero Tim Elder qualified this week, along with 23 other surfers around the world for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, where he will represent the country of his parents, Germany, but will be a Majorero participant in the Olympic Games in one of the most popular sports on the island.
Elder, a native of Lajares, who learned to surf on the north coast of Fuerteventura, was busy planning a trip to Teahupo'o in Tahiti when an unexpected qualifying event for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games forced him to modify his travel plans.
Tim, who was born in Fuerteventura in 2003, was 2 times champion of the Canary Islands in junior categories and champion of Spain for regional teams with the Canarian team.
"Actually, I was saying to my friends, 'Hey, maybe we should go to Chopes to surf,' when Didier [Piter, German surfing coach] said to me, 'yes, why don't you look to qualify [for the Games]?'" Elter tells Olympics.com.
"I wasn't even sure it was coming," the 20-year-old Elter said on his debut at the 2024 ISA World Surfing Games in Puerto Rico. "I wasn't sure until the last training camp and it turns out I made the team and now I'm in the Olympics and it's crazy."
Born to German parents, Elter was born in Fuerteventura and grew up in the village of Lajares and started surfing when he was six years old. His first surfing competition came two years later.
"Surfing is my life," he says. "I can't imagine not living by the sea. It gives me so much adrenaline, so much joy. There are so many moments that I associate with surfing; Good and bad, but times when I grew as a person. I owe a lot to the sea and what I've learned from it."
Tim Elter, the Majorero surfer who will go to the Olympics.
The athlete born and on the island, and raised in Lajares, has lived all his life next to the waves of the north of the island of Fuerteventura
NEWSROOMFUERTEVENTURA
The young Majorero Tim Elder qualified this week, along with 23 other surfers around the world for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, where he will represent the country of his parents, Germany, but will be a Majorero participant in the Olympic Games in one of the most popular sports on the island.
Elder, a native of Lajares, who learned to surf on the north coast of Fuerteventura, was busy planning a trip to Teahupo'o in Tahiti when an unexpected qualifying event for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games forced him to modify his travel plans.
Tim, who was born in Fuerteventura in 2003, was 2 times champion of the Canary Islands in junior categories and champion of Spain for regional teams with the Canarian team.
"Actually, I was saying to my friends, 'Hey, maybe we should go to Chopes to surf,' when Didier [Piter, German surfing coach] said to me, 'yes, why don't you look to qualify [for the Games]?'" Elter tells Olympics.com.
"I wasn't even sure it was coming," the 20-year-old Elter said on his debut at the 2024 ISA World Surfing Games in Puerto Rico. "I wasn't sure until the last training camp and it turns out I made the team and now I'm in the Olympics and it's crazy."
Born to German parents, Elter was born in Fuerteventura and grew up in the village of Lajares and started surfing when he was six years old. His first surfing competition came two years later.
"Surfing is my life," he says. "I can't imagine not living by the sea. It gives me so much adrenaline, so much joy. There are so many moments that I associate with surfing; Good and bad, but times when I grew as a person. I owe a lot to the sea and what I've learned from it."