Frieda Zamba

Frieda Zamba, born on October 25, 1965, is a four-time world surfing champion from the United States. She won three world titles in a row from 1984 to 1986 and a fourth in 1988, and she was the youngest female to win a pro tour contest and the youngest surfing world champion ever. She won five straight Surfer Poll awards from 1985 to 1989, was profiled in a 1987 Sports Illustrated piece titled Queen of the Surf, and in 1998 was inducted into the Surfing Walk of Fame in Huntington Beach, California, as that year's Woman of the Year. She lives in Costa Rica, and the Frieda Zamba Swimming Pool at the Palm Coast Aquatics Center in Palm Coast, Florida, is named for her.