How tall is Kelly Slater?

Kelly Slater's listed height is 175 cm (5'9"). He is taller than about 37% of men in the United States.

Where 175 cm sits among men in the United States

Taller than about 37% of men in the United States born in 1972 (average 177.4 cm).

About Kelly Slater

Kelly Slater, born Robert Kelly Slater on 11 February 1972 in Cocoa Beach, Florida, is an American professional surfer. He grew up in Cocoa Beach, where he still lives, the son of a bait-store proprietor, and began surfing at age five.

By age ten he was winning age-division events along the Atlantic coast, and in 1984 he won his first age-division United States championship title. Slater has been World Surf League champion a record 11 times and holds 56 Championship Tour victories. He is widely regarded as the greatest professional surfer of all time. He won the Laureus Action Sportsperson of the Year award four times and a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2025. He is the oldest surfer still active in the World Surf League and won his 8th Billabong Pipeline Masters title at age 49.

Slater is listed at 175 cm (5'9").

Frequently asked

How tall is Kelly Slater in feet and inches? Kelly Slater is 5'9" tall, which is 175 cm, 68.9 inches or 1.75 m.

Is Kelly Slater tall for men in the United States? At 175 cm he is taller than about 37% of men in the United States born in 1972, whose average height is 177.4 cm.

Sources

• Kelly Slater on Wikipedia — biography and career.
• Kelly Slater on Wikidata — nationality and dates; height recorded as 175 cm.
• Kelly Slater on TMDB — filmography and co-stars.

Heights are as publicly listed, rounded to the nearest centimetre; listed heights for public figures are often self-reported. Biographical details adapted from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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