What did Dawn Fraser achieve?

What did Dawn Fraser achieve?

Dawn Fraser, (born September 4, 1937, Balmain, near Sydney, New South Wales, Australia), 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..

Why is Dawn Fraser hero?

Fraser’s role as the world’s first great female swimming star, and perhaps the world’s greatest female swimming star ever, was a function of her ability to take freestyle to a level never before seen, and her ability to do it with a spunk and fire that fought the system. And this is what makes her a Legend of the Pool.

What did Dawn Fraser do in Japan?

Australia’s swimming legend Dawn Fraser is returning to Japan to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics where she made history by winning a third consecutive gold in the women’s 100 metres freestyle – and also received a disciplinary ban putting a premature end to her career.

How did Dawn Fraser make it into the Olympics?

By Staff Writers. TOKYO, October 13 – Australia’s champion, Dawn Fraser, made Olympic history tonight when she crashed through for her third successive 100-metre freestyle Gold Medal. Dawn Fraser (centre) in Tokyo in 1964.

What Olympic Games did Dawn Fraser compete in?

1964
At the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Fraser fought off a stiff challenge from Sharon Stouder of the United States to win the 100m again, becoming the first Olympic swimmer of either sex to win the same event three times.

How did Dawn Fraser became famous?

Dawn Fraser has been recognised as Australia’s greatest female swimmer. Over the course of her career she won eight Olympic medals—four gold and four silver—and set 39 world records. She was the first athlete, male or female, to win a gold medal for the same event in three consecutive Olympics.

Who stole the Olympic flag?

Former Olympian David McKeon’s great uncle Peter was in Rome for the 1960 Olympics with some school mates and spotted an enormous Olympic rings flag he wanted to souvenir. The story goes that he climbed the flag pole, stole it, and brought it back to Australia.

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