Mathea Olin

Mathea Dempfle-Olin (born February 2, 2003) is a Canadian surfer. As a 14 year old, she won Canada's first surfing medals in international competition with a gold and bronze at the 2017 Pan American Surf Games. Olin also won a bronze at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru. Biography Mathea Dempfle-Olin was born in Canmore, Alberta, on February 2, 2003. At the age of six she moved to Tofino, British Columbia, where she started surfing; she began surfing competitively at the age of ten. Olin was also a gymnast, training in Port Alberni she dreamed of competing in gymnastics at the Olympics until the 128th IOC Session, when surfing was added to the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. In 2017, Olin was a recipient of from Petro-Canada's Fuelling Athlete and Coaching Excellence (FACE) program. She was the first surfer to be awarded by the program. Career