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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.
- 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
- Australia
- 67 kg (148 lb)
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). From 1956 to 1964 she broke the women’s world record for the 100-metre freestyle race nine successive times.
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Learn how Dawn Fraser became the first swimmer to win three consecutive Olympic gold medals in the 100m freestyle at Tokyo 1964. Discover her achievements, challenges and controversies in and out of the pool.
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Jul 10, 2021 · Dawn Fraser is one of the greatest female swimmers of all time, who won four gold medals at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. She also became famous for stealing the Japanese flag and being the first female flag-bearer for Australia.
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- Tracey Holmes
Dawn FRASER won four gold medals in the 100m freestyle at the Olympic Games in Melbourne, Rome and Tokyo from 1956 to 1964. She also broke the world record for 100m and 110 yards, and was the first woman to swim under a minute.
“This is for you, Mum”: Dawn Fraser on the Tokyo 1964 swim that “meant everything” - Olympic News. 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.
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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