Caroline Marks Tells 'People' She Can Win Olympic Gold, Wants to 'Beat the Best'

Jade Eckardt
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Last weekend, Floridian surfer Caroline Marks beat Hawaii five-time world champ Carissa Moore and won the 2023 WSL World Title at Lower Trestles in San Clemente.

Marks is also set to surf in the Paris 2024 Olympics at Teahupo'o, where she recently took first place in the Shiseido Tahiti Pro.

On Monday, the 21-year-old spoke to "People Magazine" about her win and her Olympic dreams.

The magazine captioned the post above:

"21-Year-Old Surfer Caroline Marks Wins World Title — Next Stop, Olympic Gold: ‘I Can Do It’ (Exclusive)"

You can read the full interview with "People" here, but a few of our favorite quotes from the world champ are listed below:

  • "I believe in myself that I can do it. To get barreled in a contest and win the gold representing your country, there's no more powerful feeling. That would be really special."

  • "Winning the gold is an absolute dream of mine — and I love Tahiti. It's an incredible wave and definitely an area of my surfing that I really want to work on, even though I won the last [contest] at Teahupoʻo."

  • "It was literally a dream scenario. I knew to win the title, I'd have to be going up against Carissa and I wanted to go up against Carissa."

  • "To me, she's pushed the progression of women's surfing and she's had such a stellar year and she's been dominant for so many years — I was against her for my first ever CT [Championship Tour] win, and now I was against her for my first ever World Title."

  • "I want to beat the best to be the best."

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