Dawn Fraser

Dawn Fraser
AC MBE
Dawn Fraser in May 2012
Personal information
Nickname"Dawny"
National team Australia
Born (1937-09-04) 4 September 1937 (age 87)
Balmain, Sydney, 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
Gold medal – first place 1956 Melbourne 100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 1956 Melbourne 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 1960 Rome 100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 1964 Tokyo 100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 1956 Melbourne 400 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 1960 Rome 4×100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 1960 Rome 4×100 m medley
Silver medal – second place 1964 Tokyo 4×100 m freestyle
British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 1958 Cardiff 110 yd freestyle
Gold medal – first place 1958 Cardiff 4×110 yd freestyle
Gold medal – first place 1962 Perth 110 yd freestyle
Gold medal – first place 1962 Perth 440 yd freestyle
Gold medal – first place 1962 Perth 4×110 yd freestyle
Gold medal – first place 1962 Perth 4×110 yd medley
Silver medal – second place 1958 Cardiff 440 yd freestyle

Dawn Fraser AC MBE (born 4 September 1937) is an Australian freestyle champion swimmer, eight-time olympic medallist, a 15-year world record holder in the 100-metre freestyle, and former politician. Controversial, yet the winner of countless honours, she has enjoyed national prominence and sparked national pride in Australia. 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.[1]

  1. ^ Dawn Fraser Archived 17 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com