Camilla Kemp

Camilla Kemp (born 30 January 1996) is a Portuguese-born German surfer. She became the German champion in 2023. She competed in the 2024 Olympics in Tahiti.

Biography Her mother was German and her father was Dutch and they sent her for an education to the Deutsche Schule Lissabon. She was brought up near the coast and surf of the west coast of Portugal. It was here that she took up surfing.

She competed initially for Portugal but she did not find much support. The German Surfing Association were very keen to find an athlete with a German passport who had learned to surf from an early age.

In 2021, Kemp and the German American , became the first German surfers to qualify for the Challenger Series of the World Surf League. In September 2023, she won the German surfing championship title. She still lives near and surfs on the Praia do Guincho in Portugal. and she had to travel 15,000 miles to get there. She surfed on the famed Teahupoʻo waves which were the strongest she had ever experienced. She signed a petition against the construction of a TV tower to allow broadcasters close ups of the Olympic competition. She was in two minds as the tower, which was built, gives the athletes more exposure.