Llywelyn Williams Wins 2026 Australian Adaptive Surfing Title After 2011 Amputation
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Updated · bbc.co.uk · Jul 26
Llywelyn Williams Wins 2026 Australian Adaptive Surfing Title After 2011 Amputation
3 articles · Updated · bbc.co.uk · Jul 26
Summary
March brought Williams the 2026 Bright Sky Australian Pro Adaptive Surfing Championship at Byron Bay, where the four-time world champion won the kneeling class and raised the Welsh flag.
The 2011 crash that cost him his right leg became, in his words, a turning point, with surfing driving his rehab after he woke from a coma determined to return to the ocean.
Abersoch-born Williams said adaptive surfing and its community shaped his recovery, while his parents recalled consenting to the amputation as the only way to save his life.
Williams, who self-funds competitions and works in his family construction business, also finished third at the North Shore Prosthetics Hawaiian Surfing Championships in May and is lobbying for Paralympic inclusion.