Cori Schumacher
Cori Schumacher (born April 23, 1977 in Huntington Beach , California ) is an American surfer.
Life
Schumacher grew up in a family of surfers in San Diego . She sat on the surfboard before she learned to walk. In 1994 Schumacher was a member of the US junior team on the ISA tour . In 1995 she won the Pan-American Championships.
In 2000 and 2001 she became world champion on the longboard . When she wanted to switch to sponsor Rip Curl and he suddenly withdrew, she lost her self-confidence and gave up surfing completely.
To earn a living she worked as a saleswoman, waitress and postman.
In 2008 she married the photographer Maria Cerda and started surfing again. After a seven-year hiatus, she entered competitions again without personal sponsors.
In 2010 she became world champion again. Then she made her homosexuality public and criticized homophobia among surfers.
In 2011 she renounced the defense of her world title and boycotted the " Association of Surfing Professionals World Longboard Tour" because one of the competitions was to take place in the People's Republic of China , in which, in her opinion, human rights are violated. Surfer Keala Kennelly admired her for her steadfastness in not making lazy compromises.
Schumacher ended her career and was politically committed to civil rights and against sexual discrimination . The equipment company Roxy was forced by a signature campaign initiated by it to withdraw advertising films with sexist content. In 2012 she established a foundation for environmental protection and was active in local politics in Carlsbad .
Fonts
- Surfers also must be sport ambassadors , comment, in: The Guardian , April 1, 2011
- The menace of surfing's stereotypes , commentary, in: The Guardian , May 20, 2011
- Time for surfing to rise to its LGBT responsibility , comment, in: The Guardian , July 30, 2011
Web links
- Cori Schumacher , website
Individual evidence
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↑ Jürgen Schmieder : Cori Schumacher on identity . Interview, in: Süddeutsche Zeitung , June 4, 2016, p. 58
Harald Hordych: Surfing: "I had to kill the person I had created" in: Süddeutsche Zeitung , June 6, 2016 - ↑ World Champion Boycotts 2011 ASP Tour , email exchange with ASP, February 27, 2011
- ^ Zach Weisberg: For Female Surfers, Challenges Out of the Water , in: New York Times , March 26, 2011
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schumacher, Cori |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American surfer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 23, 1977 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Huntington Beach |