Dawn Fraser

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Dawn Fraser (centre) standing on the winners' podium after receiving the gold medal for 100-metre freestyle swimming at the 1960 Olympics in Rome

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Dawn Fraser

Australian swimmer

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Born:: September 4, 1937, Balmain, near Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (age 86)

Awards And Honors:: Olympic Games

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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. Her mark of 58.9 seconds, established on February 29, 1964, at North Sydney, was unbroken until January 8, 1972, when Shane Gould, a fellow Australian, achieved 58.5 seconds at Sydney. At the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne, Fraser captured gold medals in the 100-metre freestyle event and in the ...(100 of 242 words)

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