Layne Beachley

Infobox ASP Surfer
firstname = Layne
lastname = Beachley


birthdate = May 24 1972
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residence = Manly, New South Wales Australia
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Layne Beachley is a professional surfer from Manly in Sydney, Australia. She is regarded as the best female professional surfer in history, having won the World Championship seven times.

Layne has made a remarkable rise through the ranks in the masculine world of surfing: at the young age of 16 she became professional, and by the age of 20 she already ranked sixth in the world. Then in 1993 and 1996 she suffered from two episodes of chronic fatigue, which threatened to end her surfing career altogether. But she recovered, having dealt with her personal issues, such as her adoptive mother dying and has achieved her goal in life which is being a famous surfer and became the Women's ASP World Champion in 1998. She won the title again in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2006, securing her place as the most successful female professional surfer ever.

In 2004, Layne was given a wildcard entry into the Energy Australia Open held at Newcastle, one of the rare occasions a woman has competed in a men's surfing event. ["Tracks", June 2004, articles "Get ya own tour" page 29, and "Newcastle's Greatest Hits" page 78.]

She has appeared in the movies "Blue Crush" (2002) "Billabong Odyssey" (2003) and "Step Into Liquid" (2003).

Beachley announced on 10th October 2008 that she will retire due to her age

References

External links

* [http://www.aimforthestars.com.au Aim for the Stars Foundation]
* http://www.beachley.com.au
* [http://www.aquabumps.com/wk_ab/ViewPage.action?siteNodeId=43&languageId=1&contentId=1276&category=Celebrities&page=0&ndx=photo Photo of Layne in the water at Curl Curl]

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