Pauline Menczer

Pauline Menczer (born 21 May 1970) is an Australian surfer. She won the 1988 women's amateur world title and the 1993 women's world championship and has been a long-standing competitor on the world championship tour.

In 1991 Menczer was narrowly beaten in the world championship by Wendy Botha, but blitzed the field in 1993 becoming the world champion. To date she has been competing for 20 years and won a total of 20 WCT events and 8 WQS events; only Layne Beachley has won more. She also was world Amateur in 1988 and world WQS champion in 2002

Menczer failed to requalify for the 2005 world championship tour. Her present sponsors are Stick Girl Surfboards (California) and Ocean Shores Surf Shop. She lives in Byron Bay when not on tour.

Videos

Menczer has appeared in a number of surf videos featuring female surfers, including

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Preceded by
Wendy Botha
World surfing champion (Women)
1993
Succeeded by
Lisa Anderson
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