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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.
Aug 11, 2024 · Dawn Fraser (born September 4, 1937, Balmain, near Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) is an Australian swimmer, the first woman swimmer to win gold medals in three consecutive Olympic Games (1956, 1960, 1964).
Dawn Fraser is an Australian former freestyle champion swimmer who won the same Olympic—the women's 100 meters freestyle—three times. She attained international fame at the age of 19 when she participated in her first Olympic Games in Melbourne in 1956 and won a gold medal in the then 110 yards (now 100 meters) freestyle.
On 21 February 1956, 18-year-old Dawn Fraser broke Willy den Ouden's 20-year-old world record for the 100m freestyle. The Australian breaker. On 1 December of the same year, Fraser led an Australian medal sweep of the event at the Olympic Games in Melbourne, setting another world record in the process. She gained a second gold medal in leading ...
Oct 21, 2020 · Dawn Fraser arrived in Tokyo for the 1964 Games as a three-time gold medal-winner on the verge of completing an extraordinary Olympic first. But she was also a lost 27-year-old dealing with severe pain and tragedy.
Jul 10, 2021 · Dawn Fraser is one. Back in 1964 she was setting records for her feats in the Tokyo Olympic pool and making headlines for her shenanigans away from the water. A nine-year-old Japanese boy watched it all on television, enthralled.
Oct 14, 2020 · Dawn Fraser was Australia's original golden girl. She is regarded as a sporting legend in the country. With eight Olympic medals, six Commonwealth Games titles and 39 records including a 100m freestyle record she held for 15 years, perhaps her greatest moment came at Tokyo 1964.
Dawn Fraser (born September 4, 1937, Balmain, near Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) is an Australian swimmer, the first woman swimmer to win gold medals in three consecutive Olympic Games (1956, 1960, 1964).
Dawn Fraser AC MBE was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 1985 as an Athlete Member and the first female member to be elevated to Legend of Australian Sport in 1993 for her contribution to the sport of swimming.
Invariably seen as the best swimmer of the 20th century and Australia's greatest female athlete ever, Dawn Fraser was the first of only three swimmers in history to win individual gold medals...
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