Dawn Fraser

Dawn Fraser AC MBE (born 4 September 1937) is an Australian freestyle champion swimmer and former politician. She is one of only four swimmers to have won the same Olympic individual event three times – in her case the women's 100-metre freestyle.

Dawn Fraser
AC MBE
Dawn Fraser in May 2012
Personal information
Nickname"Dawny"
National team Australia
Born (1937-09-04) 4 September 1937
Balmain, New South Wales, Australia
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight67 kg (148 lb)
Member of the New South Wales Parliament
for Balmain
In office
19 March 1988  25 May 1991
Preceded byPeter Crawford
Succeeded byDistrict abolished
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle, butterfly
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing Australia
Olympic Games
1956 Melbourne 100 m freestyle
1956 Melbourne 4×100 m freestyle
1960 Rome 100 m freestyle
1964 Tokyo 100 m freestyle
1956 Melbourne 400 m freestyle
1960 Rome 4×100 m freestyle
1960 Rome 4×100 m medley
1964 Tokyo 4×100 m freestyle
British Empire and Commonwealth Games
1958 Cardiff 110 yd freestyle
1958 Cardiff 4×110 yd freestyle
1962 Perth 110 yd freestyle
1962 Perth 440 yd freestyle
1962 Perth 4×110 yd freestyle
1962 Perth 4×110 yd medley
1958 Cardiff 440 yd freestyle
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.