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She is the first of only three swimmers in Olympic history (Krisztina Egerszegi of Hungary and Michael Phelps of USA being the two others) to win individual gold medals for the same event at three successive Olympics (100 metres freestyle – 1956 1960 1964). 58 metres) medley relay – gold medal
See also
List of multiple Olympic gold medalists in one event
List of multiple Olympic gold medalists. Honours
She was named the Australian of the Year in 1964 was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire in 1967 and appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in 1998.
Dawn Fraser AO MBE (born 4 September 1937) is an Australian champion swimmer and politician. She is one of only three swimmers to win the same Olympic event three times – in her case the 100 metres freestyle.
