Bethany Hamilton, an American competitive surfer and writer, was born on February 8, 1990. In 2003, she was attacked by a shark, and as a result, she lost her left arm. She eventually made a comeback to the sport.
She detailed her experience in the 2004 autobiography Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to Get Back on the Board, which was made into the 2011 motion picture Soul Surfer. She attributed her resilience to her Christian faith in this book. In 2018, a documentary titled Bethany Hamilton: Unstoppable, which focused on her, was released. It discussed her marriage to Adam Dirks and how becoming a mother and a professional surfer have impacted one another.
Tom and Cheri Hamilton welcomed Hamilton into the world in Lihue, Hawaii on February 8, 1990. Noah and Timothy are her two older brothers.
She first started surfing at the age of three, started competing at the age of eight, and received her first sponsorship at the age of ten. From the sixth grade through high school, Hamilton’s housewife mother taught her at home. At a local café, her father worked as a server. Her faith is in Christ.
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