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Fraser, Dawn
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Fraser, Dawn (1937– )

Australian swimmer. The only person to win the same swimming event at three consecutive Olympic Games: 100-metre freestyle in 1956, 1960, and 1964. The holder of 27 world records, she was the first woman to break the one-minute barrier for the 100 metres.

Career highlights

Olympic Games

gold 100-metre freestyle 1956, 1960, 1964; gold 4 × 100-metre freestyle relay 1956; silver 4 × 100-metre medley relay 1960; silver 4 × 100-metre freestyle relay 1964

Commonwealth Games

gold 110-yard freestyle 1958, 1962; gold 4 × 110-yard relay 1958, 1962; gold 440-yard freestyle 1962; gold 4 × 110-yard medley relay 1962



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There is no one in Australia at the moment even close in popularity to Cathy Freeman, not Prime Minster John Howard, not Mel Gibson, not Paul Hogan, not Elle McPherson, not Kate Blanchette, not even Ian Thorpe or Dawn Fraser.
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Thursday night she added a 200-meter backstroke title to those she won in Seoul and Barcelona, becoming the first swimmer since Australia's Dawn Fraser (the 100 freestyle in 1956, '60 and '64) to win three straight gold medals in one event.
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