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Dawn Fraser AC MBE (born 4 September 1937) is an Australian freestyle champion swimmer, eight-time olympic medalist, a 15-year world record holder in the 100-meter freestyle, and former politician. Controversial, yet the winner of countless honors, she has enjoyed national prominence and sparked national pride in Australia.
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).
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Apr 18, 2021 · The Aussie swimming legend reveals how she was driving the car that killed her mother in 1964, and how she survived two sexual assaults in her 20s. She also shares how she won four Olympic gold medals despite the trauma.
Jul 10, 2021 · Dawn Fraser is one. Back in 1964 she was setting records for her feats in the Tokyo Olympic pool and making headlines for her shenanigans away from the water. A nine-year-old Japanese boy watched it all on television, enthralled.
- 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.
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.
Dawn Fraser was one of the most iconic and most decorated athletes in Australia sport history while demonstrating the larrikin behaviour to match her ability at the same time. Her record in the pool included eight Olympic medals, six British Empire and Commonwealth gold medals and setting 23 individual world records and 12 as part of a team.
