Dawn Fraser

Dawn Fraser
AC MBE
Dawn Fraser in May 2012
Personal information
Nickname"Dawny"
National team Australia
Born (1937-09-04) 4 September 1937
Balmain, Sydney, Australia
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight67 kg (148 lb)
Member of the New South Wales Parliament
for Balmain
In office
19 March 1988  25 May 1991
Preceded byPeter Crawford
Succeeded byDistrict abolished
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle, butterfly
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing Australia
Olympic Games
1956 Melbourne100 m freestyle
1956 Melbourne4×100 m freestyle
1960 Rome100 m freestyle
1964 Tokyo100 m freestyle
1956 Melbourne400 m freestyle
1960 Rome4×100 m freestyle
1960 Rome4×100 m medley
1964 Tokyo4×100 m freestyle
British Empire and Commonwealth Games
1958 Cardiff110 yd freestyle
1958 Cardiff4×110 yd freestyle
1962 Perth110 yd freestyle
1962 Perth440 yd freestyle
1962 Perth4×110 yd freestyle
1962 Perth4×110 yd medley
1958 Cardiff440 yd freestyle

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. Controversial, yet the winner of countless honours, she has enjoyed national prominence and sparked national pride in Australia. 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.