Wendy Botha

Wendy Botha, born on 22 August 1965, is a four-time world surfing champion. She won her first world title in 1987 as a South African citizen, then became an Australian citizen and won three further titles in 1989, 1991 and 1992. She posed for the September 1992 issue of Australian Playboy. In 1993 Botha married the New Zealand rugby league international and television personality Brent Todd; they had two children, Jessica and Ethan, and separated around 2005. In 2009 she was inducted into the Surfing Walk of Fame in Huntington Beach, California, as that year's Woman of the Year, and in October 2018 she was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame. Her record of four world championships under two national flags makes her one of the best-known competitive surfers of the late twentieth century.