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Dawn Fraser


Born
in Balmain, Sydney, Australia
September 04, 1937

Genre
Biographies & Memoirs, Sports


Dawn Fraser was an Australian champion swimmer. She is the first of only two swimmers in Olympic history to win individual gold medals for the same event at three successive Olympics. She won eight Olympic medals, including four gold medals, and six Commonwealth Games gold medals. She also held 39 records. The 100 meters freestyle record was hers for 15 years from 1 December 1956 to 8 January 1972.

Born in the Sydney suburb of Balmain, Dawn is the youngest of eight children from a working-class family.

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Average rating: 3.78 · 100 ratings · 12 reviews · 14 distinct works • Similar authors
Dawn: One Hell Of A Life
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What I Learned Along the Way
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Echoes from labor's war: In...
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“The Olympics remain the most compelling search for excellence that exists in sport, and maybe in life itself.”
― Dawn Fraser
tags: olympic-games
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