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Dawn Fraser Life Member Of Swimming Australia<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Olympic swimming legend and national treasure Dawn Fraser<\/strong> AC, MBE has become the 42nd<\/sup> Life Member of Swimming Australia<\/strong> at its 110th<\/sup>\u00a0Annual General Meeting this week.<\/p>\n

And a spritely 82-year-old Dawn was able to share the news immediately with her daughter Dawn-Lorraine and grandson Jackson on speaker phone.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter 60 odd years I think it is an absolute thrill and when (Swimming president) John Bertrand rang me yesterday fortunately my daughter and grandson were in the car and they were so excited, and I was excited too,\u201d said Dawn, still actively involved as an ambassador and mentor with the sport she loves.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cI think it is a wonderful thing that has been done for me and I am so proud I am an Australian swimmer.<\/p>\n

\u201cI (still) love seeing all the young kids coming through and I am mentoring a few of them, including a few Para athletes.<\/p>\n

\u201cI really get enjoyment from seeing them improve their times and they enjoy swimming as much as I used to.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Photo Courtesy: Australian Women’s Weekly.<\/p><\/div>\n

Regarded as one the finest female sprint swimmers in the world, Fraser won four gold and four silver Olympic medals across the course of her brilliant career<\/a> which spanned more than a decade throughout the 50s and 60s.<\/p>\n

Having held 39 world records \u2013 27 of them individual \u2013 the lovable larrikin was the first swimmer to win the same event at three consecutive Olympic Games, claiming gold in the 100m freestyle in 1956, 1960 and 1964.<\/p>\n

In 1964 she was fittingly named the Australian of the Year and in 1965 was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame (ISHOF<\/strong><\/a>).<\/p>\n

In subsequent years, Fraser was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire and was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in 1998.<\/p>\n

As part of the 2018 Queen’s Birthday Honours she was elevated to a Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) \u2013 the highest honour one can receive.<\/p>\n

She has also amassed worldwide accolades, with the International Olympic Committee naming her the World’s Greatest Living Female Water Sports Champion in 1999.<\/p>\n

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Photo Courtesy: Dawn Fraser Collection.<\/p><\/div>\n

Tokyo revisited in 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n

And the Life Membership comes on the eve of the 2020 Tokyo Games \u2013 56 years after her greatest triumph at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics where she created history with her third individual Olympic gold \u2013 and the Games that saw her incur the wraith of the then Australian Swimming Union which resulted in a 10 year ban for \u201calleged misconduct,\u201d which included the now infamous \u201cstolen flag\u201d incident.<\/p>\n

Fraser carried the Australian flag in the Closing Ceremony and was then presented with the stolen flag by the Japanese Emperor only to face the music of the ASU on her return to Australia.<\/p>\n

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Photo Courtesy: Dawn Fraser Collection<\/p><\/div>\n

A ban that was eventually lifted after three years and before the 1968 Mexico Games \u2013 after she fought the ASU in court – but now some 50 years on and Dawn Fraser has rightly been recognised for her feats in the pool and the glory she has brought to Australia – a true blue Aussie that all Australians can relate to.<\/p>\n

Life after swimming would see her very public life blossom between pubs, politics and pools and in 1978 she stepped behind the bar of her beloved Riverview Hotel in Balmain, the pub she ran for five years and then later followed a term as the Local Member for Balmain in the NSW State Parliament – never afraid to voice her opinions.<\/p>\n

Dawn remains the lovable larrikin<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fraser remains the loveable larrikin of Australian public life and loves nothing more than to walk onto pool deck, talking to the swimmers and posing for photos \u2013 still as popular and as notable as Ian Thorpe and Cate Campbell – and sharing a beer or a wine to toast their feats.<\/p>\n

Bertrand said his board was thrilled to recognise one of Australia\u2019s most decorated athletes with Life Membership.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a Board, endorsing Dawn as a Life Member of Swimming Australia was one of the easiest decisions we\u2019ve made, and I can\u2019t think of a more deserving recipient,\u201d Bertrand said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t throw around the word \u2018legend\u2019 very often, but Dawn is a legend of our sport and the epitome of the word.<\/p>\n

\u201cHer achievements in the pool will forever be proudly etched in Australia\u2019s history. What she accomplished is nothing short of astounding and since her retirement, she has continued to give so much to our sport \u2013 you won\u2019t find a more passionate person about swimming than our ‘Dawnie\u2019.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Current Nunawading Head Coach and Olympian, Scott Talbot, the son of the late Jan Cameron OAM and legendary former head coach and 2004 Life Member Don Talbot, was also on hand at the AGM to accept his mother\u2019s Life Membership.<\/p>\n

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Photo Courtesy: Dawn Fraser Collection<\/p><\/div>\n

Cameron (pictured fourth from the bottom of the 1964 team) was a team mate of Fraser\u2019s (bottom of photo in sunglasses) and was posthumously awarded Life Membership in 2018 along with former legendary Australian Olympic coach and Learn-to-Swim advocate Laurie Lawrence.<\/p>\n

Life Membership is a prestigious level of recognition for swimmers, coaches, administrators, officials and volunteers. To view all Life Members of Swimming Australia,\u00a0click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Father of 2004 Olympic swimming gold and silver medallist Brooke Hanson.","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/author\/ianhanson\/"}]}},"cc_featured_image_caption":{"caption_text":"","source_text":"","source_url":""},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Dawn-at-lecturn.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p56Jja-1FVt","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7938"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=399495"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399495\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/399514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=399495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=399495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=399495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}