Paula Newby-Fraser

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Paula Newby-Fraser (born June 2, 1962) is a Ironman triathlete. She was born in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and raised in South Africa, where she was a nationally-ranked swimmer as a child.

She won the Ironman Triathlon World Championship in Hawaii an unprecedented 8 times in 1986, 1988-1989, 1991-1994, and 1996, 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 2007-04-07.

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