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  1.                                  At 5' 6" and 115 pounds, 
  2.                                  Paula Newby-Fraser
  3.                                  doesnΓÇÖt look tough enough 
  4.                                  to compete in the triathlon. 
  5.                                  But looks can be deceiving.
  6. Through the 1994 season, Paula had won 20
  7. of 29 competitions. She was voted the 
  8. greatest female athlete of the 1980ΓÇÖs by the
  9. Los Angeles Times.
  10.  
  11. Paula was born in the British colony of 
  12. Rhodesia, now called Zimbabwe, in Africa, 
  13. and moved to South Africa with her parents 
  14. when she was 4 years old. She was a good 
  15. swimmer and might have participated in the 
  16. Olympics, but South Africa was barred from 
  17. competing at that time because of its 
  18. discriminating practices against black 
  19. people. (These practices are called