{{short description|Australian professional surfer (born 1994)}} {{BLP sources|date=March 2021}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Use Australian English|date=June 2015}} {{For|the Dutch football player|Nikée van Dijk}} {{Infobox surfer | name = Nikki van Dijk | image= Nikki van Dijk.jpg | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1994|11|28}}<ref>[http://www.ripcurl.com.au/?nikki Rip Curl Team Profiles: Nikki Van Dijk]</ref> | birth_place = Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia<ref>[http://www.ripcurl.com.au/?nikki Rip Curl Team Profiles: Nikki Van Dijk]</ref> | height = {{convert|5|ft|7|in|cm|abbr=on}}<ref>[http://www.ripcurl.com/nikki-van-dijk-6.html Rip Curl: Nikki Van Dijk information page ]</ref> | weight = {{convert|122|lb|abbr=on}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.worldsurfleague.com/athletes/1949/nikki-van-dijk|title=Nikki van Dijk Surfer Bio | Age, Height, Videos & Results}}</ref> | career_earnings = | sponsors = Rip Curl, Channel Islands Surfboards, Oakley and Kommunity Project | stance = Regular (natural foot) | shapers = Al Merrick<ref>https://www.ripcurl.com.au/team/surf/nikki-van-dijk.html Rip Curl Team Rider</ref> | best_year = | major_achievements = | website = }}
'''Nikki van Dijk''' (born 28 November 1994) is an Australian professional surfer. She has been a touring competitor in the World Surf League, the top flight of international professional surfing.
==Career== Van Dijk won the women's world junior title in 2012 in Bali.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.surfinglife.com.au/news/sl-news/9572-nikki-van-dijk-crowned-world-junior-champion-in-bali |title="Nikki Van Dijk Crowned World Junior Champion in Bali," Surfinglife.com.au, 12 October 2012 |access-date=6 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402094214/http://www.surfinglife.com.au/news/sl-news/9572-nikki-van-dijk-crowned-world-junior-champion-in-bali |archive-date=2 April 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2013, she competed in the Association of Surfing Professionals' Qualifying Series; she ended her season by winning the Pantin Classic Galicia Pro in Spain, and qualified for the ASP Women's Championship Tour.<ref>[http://archive.aspworldtour.com/2013/12/10/introducing-2014-asp-womens-wct-rookie-nikki-van-dijk/ Hayden-Smith, Will, "Introducing 2014 ASP Women’s WCT Rookie Nikki Van Dijk," Association of Surfing Professionals, 10 December 2013] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20150309143954/http://archive.aspworldtour.com/2013/12/10/introducing-2014-asp-womens-wct-rookie-nikki-van-dijk/ |date=9 March 2015 }}</ref> As a rookie, van Dijk finished 13th on the 2014 Women's Samsung Galaxy Championship Tour.<ref>[http://www.worldsurfleague.com/athletes/tour/wct?year=2014 "2014 Women's Samsung Galaxy Championship Tour," last updated 27 November 2014]</ref>
Van Dijk continued to compete at the highest level of the sport through 2021 with the World Surf League, the successor to the ASP tour.<ref>[http://www.worldsurfleague.com/events/2015/wct/1208/roxy-pro-gold-coast/results Roxy Pro Gold Coast 2015 results and scores]</ref> In May 2015 she got her best result in a WSL CT competition in Fiji, moving into quarters. In 2021 she finished 13th on the WSL tour, below the automatic qualifying threshold for the 2022 season.
At the same time she was on tour, she competed in some Qualifying Series events. In June 2015 she won Los Cabos Open of Surfing at Zippers beach.
2015 was van Dijk's best year on the WSL tour, finishing the year with six quarter-finals in a row. She finished in 9th place for the season, and qualified to compete on the WSL tour again in 2016.
===Career highlights=== {| class="wikitable" |- bgcolor=skyblue | colspan=4; style="background: blue; color: white" align="center" | '''Surf Career Highlights''' |- bgcolor=#bdb76b ! Year!!Placed!!Event |- | 2016 || 11th || World Surf League Ranking |- | 2016 || 3rd || Swatch Women's Pro – California |- | 2015 || 9th || World Surf League Ranking |- | 2015 || 1st || Los Cabos Open of Surfing – Mexico |- | 2014 || 13th || World Surf League Ranking |- | 2014 || 13th || Women's Samsung Galaxy Championship Tour |- | 2013 || 1st || Pantin Classic Galicia Pro – Spain |- | 2012 || 1st || World Junior Title – Bali
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== Sponsors == Van Dijk's sponsors have included Rip Curl, Channel Islands Surfboards, Oakley and Kommunity Project.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ripcurl.com/nikki-van-dijk-6.html |title=Rip Curl: Nikki Van Dijk information page |access-date=6 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161016072850/http://www.ripcurl.com/nikki-van-dijk-6.html |archive-date=16 October 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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==External links== * {{WSL profile}} * {{IMDb name}}
{{WSL CT Roster}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Van Dijk, Nikki}} Category:1994 births Category:Living people Category:Sportswomen from Victoria (state) Category:Australian female surfers Category:World Surf League surfers