Sofía Mulánovich

Sofía Mulánovich Aljovín (born 24 June 1983) is a Peruvian surfer. She is a 3-time World Surfing Champion, 1 WSL and 2 ISA world championships. She is the first Peruvian surfer ever to win a World Surf League World Championship Tour event (ex ASP) and the first Latin American woman ever to win the World Title, which she did in 2004 (Peruvian Felipe Pomar won the Men's World Surfing Championship in 1965) In 2004, she won three out of the six World Championship Tour events, and finished the season as Absolute World Champion. Sofia is the only Latin-American surfer to win 2 ISA World Championships. Sofia won the ISA Championships, 2004 in Salinas-Ecuador and 2019 in Miyazaki-Japan.

Early life Sofía Mulánovich Aljovín was born in Punta Hermosa, Lima, Peru.

On 27 July 2007, Mulánovich was inducted into the Surfers Hall of Fame in Huntington Beach, California, United States. She is the first South American to have this honor, and was chosen for having had a major impact on the sport by her outstanding achievements. In 2015, she was also inducted into the Surfing Walk of Fame in Huntington Beach. Also in 2015 in a collaboration with Swatch, she opened a surfing academy (Proyecto Sofia Mulanovich) for youths from all backgrounds, in her home town of Punta Hermosa in Lima.

Achievements WSL Women's Championship Tour Wins YearEventVenueCountry 2004 Roxy Pro Fiji Tavarua 2004 Billabong Pro Tahiti Teahupoo, Tahiti 2004 Roxy Jam Anglet 2005 SPC Fruit Pro Bells Beach, Victoria 2005 Roxy Pro Fiji Tavarua 2005 Roxy Pro England Cornwall 2007 Rip Curl Girls Festival Santander 2007 Roxy Pro Sunset Beach, Hawaii 2008 Roxy Pro Gold Coast Gold Coast, Queensland 2009 Movistar Peru Classic Lobitos

2019 2019 1st Place ISA World Surfing Games 2016 2016 1st Place QS Maui and Sons Pichilemu Women's Pro 2009 2009 1st Place Movistar Peru Classic (WCT) 2009 1st place Copa Movistar, Peru (WQS) 2008 2009 2nd Place Billabong Girls Pro Rio 2008 2nd Place Rip Curl Pro, Australia 2008 1st Place Roxy Pro Gold Coast, Australia 2007 2007 Inducted into Surfing Hall of Fame 2007 1st Place Roxy Pro Sunset Beach, Hawaii 2007 1st Place Rip Curl Girls Festival Europe, Spain 2007 2nd Place Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach, Australia 2007 2nd Place World Championship Tour 2006 2006 Vans Triple Crown of Surfing Champion (récord) 2006 5th Place World Championship Tour 2006 1st Place US Open of Surfing Huntington Beach, California (WQS) 2006 2nd Place Billabong Girls Itacare, Brasil (WQS) 2006 1st Place OP Pro Hawaii Haleiwa, Oahu (WQS) 2006 Teen Choice Award won – Choice Action Sports Female 2005 2005 ESPY Best Action-Sports Athlete 2005 2nd Place World Championship Tour 2005 1st Place Roxy Pro UK, United Kingdom 2005 1st Place Roxy Pro Tavarua, Fiji 2005 1st Place Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach, Australia 2005 3rd Place Telefónica Cup Asia Beach, Peru 2005 3rd Place Billabong Pro Teahupoo, Tahiti 2004 2004 1st Place ISA Women's World Championship 2004 1st Place WSL Women's World Championship Tour 2004 1st Place Rip Curl Girls Festival Europe, France 2004 1st Place Billabong Pro Teahupoo, Tahiti 2004 1st Place Roxy Pro, Fiji 2003 2003 3rd Place WCT Roxy ProTavarua, Fiji 2003 2nd Place WQS Roxy Pro Phillip Island, Australia 2003 2nd on the World Qualifying Series (WQS) 2003 7th on the World Championship Tour (WCT) 2003 Voted Number 5 Top Female Surfer, Surfer Poll Award 2002 2002 2nd Place WQS ASP Turtle Bay, Hawaii 2002 2nd Place WCT Roxy Pro South West Coast, France 2002 4th Place WQS Rip Curl Pro Hossegor, France 2002 3rd Place WQS US Open of Surfing Huntington Beach, CA 2002 Qualified for the 2003 World Championship Tour 2002 Ranked 2nd on WQS Tour 2002 Voted by Surfer Magazine as the Number 1 Female Grommet (a.k.a. Best Upcoming Female Surfer) 2002 Four-Time Peruvian National Champion 1999–2002

Filmography Peel: The Peru Project (2006) (V) as Surfer Sofia: A Documentary (2006), as herself The Modus Mix (2003) (V) 7 Girls (2001) documentary Into The Storm/En La Tormenta (2020) documentary, as herself (Director: Adam Brown)

Personal life She is openly lesbian and welcomed a son with her girlfriend Camila Toro.