Breiana Whitehead

Early life Whitehead was born in Townsville, Queensland, in 2000. She has one younger brother, Scott Whitehead, who is also a kitesurfer. When she was two years old, their father Murray, who is a boatbuilder, began to introduce her to sailing, and she began sailing on her own when she was eight years old. She began racing at the age of ten.

Career

2019 Whitehead received a bronze medal in the 2019 Formula Kite World Championships at Lake Garda, Italy, which was her first medal received in an international competition.

2020 Alongside her brother Scott, Whitehead competed in the 2020 Australian Kitefoiling Championships in Melbourne. She won the teams, women's, and Open National kitefoiling events,

2023 Whitehead competed at the 2023 Formula Kite World Championships in The Hague, Netherlands, where she placed eleventh, earning a berth for Australia at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.

2024 Whitehead was the overall winner of the 53rd Trofeo Princesa Sofía (part of the 2024 Sailing World Cup), receiving the gold medal in Women's Formula Kite. She beat the American Daniela Moroz, who took second place, and the German Leonie Meyer, who took third. She finished fifth in the 2024 Formula Kite World Championships in Hyères, France. for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, which was the first time that kitesurfing was represented as an Olympic sport.

Whitehead received the 2024 Female Australian Sailor of the Year award for her accomplishments at the Trofeo Princesa Sofía and the Summer Olympics.

Personal life In 2022, Whitehead graduated from James Cook University with a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering degree. She designs her own boards.