Personal information | |
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Full name | Dolly Rustom Nazir |
Nationality | Indian |
Born | 1935 Bombay, British Raj |
Died | 2012 (aged 76–77) Bangalore, India |
Sport | |
Sport | Swimming |
Dolly Rustom Nazir nee Byramji (1935–2012) was an Indian swimmer. She competed in two events at the 1952 Summer Olympics.[1]
Nazir won Long Distance Open Sea Championships in Bombay in 1948 at the age of 13 and repeated the win the next year.[2] In November 1950, she bettered the national record for 100 meters backstroke by more than three seconds while winning the All India Swimming Championships.[3]
She married horse breeder and trainer Rashid Byramji in 1965 and moved to Bangalore.[4]