Career
Fraser won the 100 m freestyle at three consecutive Olympics, a feat matched by only a handful of swimmers in any event. She was the first woman under a minute for the distance, and held the world record for fifteen years.
🏊 Swimming · Freestyle
Dawn Fraser
Australia · 1955–1964
Won the same Olympic event three Games in a row.
- 4
- Olympic golds
- 3
- Consecutive 100 m titles
- 39
- World records
- 15 years
- Record held for
Honours
- Olympic 100 m freestyle champion in 1956, 1960 and 1964
- First woman to swim 100 m freestyle under one minute
- Held the 100 m freestyle world record for fifteen years
- Set 39 world records over her career
