Tributes have been paid to an Italian surfer after she was stabbed in the chest by a swordfish and died off the western coast of Indonesia, the travel agency where she worked said this week.
A swordfish suddenly jumped and struck her in the chest,” Mentawai disaster mitigation agency’s acting head Lahmudin Siregar told AFP on Tuesday.
The resort where she had been staying said she loved surfing in the region.
Fabio Giulivi, the mayor of Manfrini’s hometown Venaria Reale, said that surfing and opening a travel agency had been her “double dream,” the BBC reported.
Last year, American professional surfer Mikala Jones died at age 44 after a surfing accident in the same region of Indonesia.
The travel agency where she worked announced this week that tributes had been paid to an Italian surfer who died off the western coast of Indonesia after being stabbed in the chest by a swordfish.
Last week in the Mentawai islands off the coast of Sumatra island, 36-year-old Giulia Manfrini was surfing when she was hit by a fish with a long, pointed bill.
On the waters off Masokut Island, she was surfing. Lahmudin Siregar, acting head of the Mentawai disaster mitigation agency, told AFP on Tuesday that a swordfish had suddenly leaped and hit her in the chest.
She was taken to the closest health clinic, but she passed away as soon as they got there. “.
Lahmudin reported that the swordfish had left a two-inch deep wound on him, according to state news agency Antara.
According to the resort where she was staying, she was a huge fan of surfing in the area.
“She died almost immediately after being struck in the chest by a needlefish,” Hidden Bay Resort Mentawais posted on Instagram on Monday.
Nonetheless, we are aware that she carried on doing what she loved most painlessly. I hope you stay on your path of light and ride the eternal waves when you cross over. “,”.
In a statement released Sunday, James Colston, co-founder of Manfrini’s travel company AWAVE Travel, claimed that she “died doing what she loved, in a place that she loved” in what he described as a “freak accident.”. “,”.
“Despite the heroic efforts of her partner, local resort employees, and physicians, Giulia was not able to be saved,” Colston wrote on social media. “.
Manfrini, who leads sales for the company’s surf resorts, was formerly a professional snowboarder, according to the company’s website.
Colston remarked, “Giulia was the inspiration behind this business, and everyone who encountered her will remember her contagious passion for life, surf, and snow.”.
Opening a travel agency and surfing had been Manfrini’s “double dream,” according to Fabio Giulivi, the mayor of Venaria Reale, where she was born, according to the BBC.
Following a surfing accident in the same area of Indonesia last year, American professional surfer Mikala Jones passed away at the age of 44.
