Tyler Wright (born 31 March 1994) is an Australian professional surfer on the WSL World Tour.[2][3] She is a consecutive WSL Women's World Champion (2016, 2017). She qualified for the 2024 Olympic Games.
Wright, who is from a close-knit surfing family, grew up at Culburra Beach, a surf spot about two hours south of Sydney near Nowra.[4] Her four siblings are Owen, Kirby, Mikey, and Tim. Her father, Rob, a passionate surfer, and her mother, Fiona, drive the whole family around Australia following the amateur scene.[5]
Identifying as bisexual,[6] Wright has been married to Lilli Baker since 2022; the two had met in Newcastle the previous year while Baker was working at a local cafe and Wright was present for a surfing competition.[7]
At the age of 14, Wright overtook a number of champions, some of whom were twice her age, to become the youngest-ever winner of a Championship Tour event,[8] Layne Beachley's Beachley Classic in 2008. Wright joined the World Surf League Women's Championship Tour in 2011,[9] and won World Titles in 2016[10] and 2017.[11]
Australian TV channel ABC featured her in its biographic documentary program Australian Story on national television in March 2017.[8]
In 2018 she fell ill with chronic fatigue syndrome after influenza A.[12]