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ACTIVITY: Surfing
CASE: GSAF 2010.12.17
DATE: Friday December 17,
2010
LOCATION: The accident took
place off Kulukulu two miles to
the south of the Sigatoka River
mouth.
NAME: Jordi Gracia
DESCRIPTION: He is a
journalist from Barcelona,
Spain, a sports editor and
contributor to RAC 1 TV3.
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BACKGROUND
WEATHER: At 10h00, Nadi
recorded partly cloudy skies and
visibility of 31.1 miles. The air
temperature was 84.2°F, dew
point 75.2°F, humidity 74%, sea
level pressure 29.86 inches and
wind direction was West at 3.5
mph.
MOON PHASE: Full Moon,
December 21, 2010
TIME: Morning
Sigatoka River Mouth
NARRATIVE: Jordi Gracia and 12 other
people, including fellow journalist Albert
Martinez, were taking surfing lessons when
his ankle was bitten by a shark. It is not clear
if he was on his board when he was bitten
because he was quoted in the Fiji Times as
saying,” I was trying to swim out into the
waves when I felt [the sharks’ teeth snap
around my ankle and tug at it.”
INJURY: He sustained a deep lacerated
wound of the ankle
TREATMENT: Gracia was initially treated at
Sigatoka Hospital, and later transferred to
Lautoka for further treatment.
Jordi Gracia in his hospital bed in Lautoka after
being bitten by a shark.
SPECIES INVOLVED: Not identified
© Global Shark Accident File, 2010. All rights reserved. This report may not be abridged or
reproduced in any form without written permission of the Global Shark Accident File.
El periodista Jordi Gracia, atacado por un tiburón mientras hacía surf en las islas Fiji
El que fuera redactor de deportes de RAC1 fue hospitalizado por un mordisco en uno de
sus tobillos
The journalist Jordi Gracia, attacked by a shark while he was surfing in Fiji
The former sports editor of RAC1 was hospitalized for a bite at one of his ankles
Suva (ACN).- El periodista catalán Jordi Gracia ha sido atacado por un tiburón mientras
practicaba surf en las islas Fiji , informan los medios locales. Suva (ACN) .- The Catalan
journalist, Jordi Gracia, has been attacked by a shark while surfing in Fiji, local media reported.
"Estaba intentando nadar cuando oí los dientes del tiburón mordiendo el tobillo", relató Gracia al
diario Fiji Times. "I was trying to swim when I heard the shark teeth biting the ankle," Gracia told
the Fiji Times newspaper.
Inmediatamente después del ataque, que se produjo el viernes, el periodista fue trasladado al
hospital de Sigatoka y posteriormente al de Lautoka, donde fue atendido de la herida en el tobillo.
Immediately after the attack, which occurred on Friday, the journalist was transferred to the
Sigatoka Hospital and later to Lautoka, where he was treated for ankle injury. Gracia, que había
sido redactor de deportes de RAC1 y colaborador del programa de TV3 El club, está haciendo un
viaje por todo el mundo con el también periodista Albert Martínez. Gracia, who was sports editor
and contributor RAC1 TV3 program, the club is making a trip around the world with fellow
journalist Albert Martinez.
Los ataques de tiburones no son extraños a las aguas de la desembocadura del río Sigatoka, a
Kulukulu, donde los dos periodistas catalanes y un grupo de una decena de personas practicaban
surf en el momento de los hechos, según Fiji Times. Shark attacks are not strangers to the waters
of the Sigatoka River mouth to Kulukulu, where both Catalan journalists and a group of a dozen
people surfing at the time of the events, according to Fiji Times.
SOURCE: LaVanguardia.es, December 22, 2010,
http://www.lavanguardia.es/sucesos/20101222/54093143895/el-periodista-jordi-gracia-atacadopor-un-tiburon-mientras-hacia-surf-en-las-islas-fiji.html
© Global Shark Accident File, 2010. All rights reserved. This report may not be abridged or
reproduced in any form without written permission of the Global Shark Accident File.