Paula Newby-Fraser
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Paula Newby-Fraser (born June 2, 1962) is a legendary Ironman triathlete. She was born in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and raised in South Africa, was a nationally-ranked swimmer as a child.
She won the Ironman Triathlon World Championship in Hawaii an unprecedented 8 times in 1986, 1994, 1993,1992, 1991, 1989, 1988, 1986, four of them consecutively. She is also referred to as "The Queen of Kona".
Newby-Fraser won 24 Ironman races overall between 1986 and 2002. Among numerous other awards, the United States Sports Academy named her as one of the top 5 professional women athletes of the last 25 years (1972-97). Newby-Fraser is the current holder of the Ironman Women's world record of 8:55:28.
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- Staff - Paula Newby-Fraser. Retrieved on April 7, 2007.
