Beachley to help London Olympics team
Seven-time World Surfing Champion Layne Beachley was on Friday appointed as an Athlete Liaison Officer (ALO) for the London 2012 Australian Olympic Team. Beachley made her debut on the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) Women's World Tour as a 16-year-old and became one of Australia's greatest athletes and the most successful female surfer of all time.
Her first world title came in 1998, and she would go on to win the next five years in a row.There are now four ALOs to accompany the Australian team to London in 2012, with Beachley joining basketball legend Andrew Gaze, former Wallabies captain John Eales and cricket captain Steve Waugh.
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