Fanny Durack

Fanny Durack
Personal information
Full nameSarah Frances Durack
Born(1889-10-27)27 October 1889
Sydney, Australia
Died20 March 1956(1956-03-20) (aged 66)
Sydney
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBreaststroke, freestyle
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing Australasia
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1912 Stockholm 100 m freestyle

Sarah Frances "Fanny" Durack (27 October 1889 – 20 March 1956), also known by her married name Fanny Gately, was an Australian competition swimmer.[1] From 1910 until 1918 she was the world's greatest female swimmer across all distances from freestyle sprints to the mile marathon.[2]

  1. ^ "Fanny Durack". Olympedia. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  2. ^ King, Helen, "Durack, Sarah (Fanny) (1889–1956)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 12 July 2018