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{{short description|Australian swimmer and politician}}
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{{Infobox swimmer
| name           = Dawn Fraser<br/>{{postnominals|country=AUS|AC|MBE}}
| image          = Dawn Fraser.jpg
| image_size     = 220
| alt            =
| caption        = Dawn Fraser in May 2012
| nicknames      = "Dawny" 
| national_team  = {{AUS}}
| strokes        = [[Freestyle swimming|Freestyle]], [[Butterfly stroke|butterfly]]
| club           =
| birth_date     = {{Birth date and age|1937|9|4|df=y}}
| birth_place    = [[Balmain, New South Wales|Balmain]], [[Sydney]], Australia
| death_date     =
| death_place    =
| height         = {{convert|1.72|m|ftin}}
| weight         = {{convert|67|kg|lb}}
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Women's swimming}}
{{MedalCountry | Australia}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Swimming at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1956 Summer Olympics|1956 Melbourne]] | [[Swimming at the 1956 Summer Olympics - Women's 100 metre freestyle|100 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalGold | 1956 Melbourne | [[Swimming at the 1956 Summer Olympics - Women's 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay|4×100 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1960 Summer Olympics|1960 Rome]] | [[Swimming at the 1960 Summer Olympics - Women's 100 metre freestyle|100 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1964 Summer Olympics|1964 Tokyo]] | [[Swimming at the 1964 Summer Olympics - Women's 100 metre freestyle|100 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalSilver | 1956 Melbourne | [[Swimming at the 1956 Summer Olympics - Women's 400 metre freestyle|400 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalSilver | 1960 Rome | [[Swimming at the 1960 Summer Olympics - Women's 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay|4×100 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalSilver | 1960 Rome | [[Swimming at the 1960 Summer Olympics - Women's 4 x 100 metre medley relay|4×100 m medley]]}}
{{MedalSilver | 1964 Tokyo | [[Swimming at the 1964 Summer Olympics - Women's 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay|4×100 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[British Empire and Commonwealth Games]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games|1958 Cardiff]] | 110 yd freestyle}}
{{MedalGold | 1958 Cardiff | 4×110 yd freestyle}}
{{MedalGold | [[1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games|1962 Perth]] | 110 yd freestyle}}
{{MedalGold | 1962 Perth | 440 yd freestyle}}
{{MedalGold | 1962 Perth | 4×110 yd freestyle}}
{{MedalGold | 1962 Perth | 4×110 yd medley}}
{{MedalSilver | 1958 Cardiff | 440 yd freestyle}}
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|constituency_MP  = [[Electoral district of Balmain|Balmain]]
|parliament       = New South Wales
|term_start       = 19 March 1988
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|predecessor      = [[Peter Crawford (Australian politician)|Peter Crawford]]
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'''Dawn Fraser''' {{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100|sep=|AC|MBE}} (born 4 September 1937) is an Australian freestyle champion [[swimming (sport)|swimmer]], eight-time olympic medallist, a 15-year world record holder in the 100-metre freestyle, and former politician. Controversial, yet the winner of countless honours, she has enjoyed national prominence and sparked national pride in Australia. She is one of only four swimmers to have won the same Olympic individual event three times – in her case the women's 100-metre freestyle.<ref name=r1>[https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fr/dawn-fraser-1.html Dawn Fraser] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130917220142/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fr/dawn-fraser-1.html |date=17 September 2013 }}. sports-reference.com</ref>

==Early life==
Fraser was born in the Sydney suburb of [[Balmain, New South Wales]], in 1937 into a poor working-class family, the youngest of eight children.<ref name="icons">{{cite book |title=Icons of Women's Sport |last1=Boyer Sagert |first1=Kelley |last2=Overman |first2=Steven J. |pages=137–152 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |location=Santa Barbara |year=2012 |isbn=978-0-313-38549-0 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b_kTU8LfcqAC&q=%22Dawn+Fraser%22&pg=PA137 |access-date=8 July 2015}}</ref> Her father, Kenneth Fraser, was from [[Embo (village)|Embo]], Scotland.<ref name="northern_times">{{cite web |url=http://www.northern-times.co.uk/News/Olympic-swim-star-makes-surprise-visit-30082012.htm |title=Olympic swim star makes surprise visit |last=McMorran |first=Caroline |publisher=The Northern Times |date=20 August 2012 |access-date=8 July 2015 |archive-date=9 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150709051553/http://www.northern-times.co.uk/News/Olympic-swim-star-makes-surprise-visit-30082012.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> She was spotted at the early age of 14 by Sydney coach Harry Gallagher swimming at the local harbourside baths.

==Swimming career==
[[File:Dawn Fraser 1958.jpg|upright=.63|left|thumb|Fraser in 1958]]
As a highlight of her swimming career, Fraser held 39 records and won eight Olympic medals for Australia, including four gold.  Adding to her popularity in her native country and the British Commonwealth, she captured six [[Commonwealth Games]] gold medals. She dominated the high profile 100 metres freestyle event, holding the record for 15 years from 1 December 1956 to 8 January 1972.<ref name=Champion/>

She is the first of only four swimmers in Olympic history (Hungarian [[Krisztina Egerszegi]] and Americans [[Michael Phelps]] and [[Katie Ledecky]] being the three others) to have won individual gold medals for the same event at three successive Olympics [[List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)|(100 metres freestyle – 1956, 1960, 1964)]].<ref name=Champion/>

In October 1962, she became the first woman to swim the 100 metres freestyle in less than one minute setting the record of 59.9, a feat that elevated her to national prominence and made her a hero in Australia where swimming was a popular sport.<ref name=SS>{{cite web|last1=Keith |first1=Braden |url=https://swimswam.com/legends-of-the-pool-dawn-fraser-the-1-minute-rebel/|title=Keith, Braden, Lessons of the Pool; Dawn Fraser, the One Minute Rebel|website=swimswam.com|date=28 July 2010 }}</ref><ref name=culturetrip>{{cite web|url=https://theculturetrip.com/pacific/australia/articles/australias-most-successful-olympians#:~:text=Dawn%20Fraser%20is%20the%20most%20successful%20Australian%20woman,won%20the%20women%E2%80%99s%20100%20meter%20freestyle%20three%20times.|title=Australia's Most Successful Olympians|website=theculturetrip.com|date=26 June 2016|access-date=20 June 2024|archive-date=20 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240620224545/https://theculturetrip.com/pacific/australia/articles/australias-most-successful-olympians#:~:text=Dawn%20Fraser%20is%20the%20most%20successful%20Australian%20woman,won%20the%20women%E2%80%99s%20100%20meter%20freestyle%20three%20times.|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=Champion>{{cite news|first=Alan|last=Clarkson|title=Champion's world time in 110 yds|newspaper=The Sun-Herald|page=67|date=28 October 1962}}</ref> It was not until 1972, eight years after Fraser retired, that her 100 m record of 58.9 secs was broken.<ref>{{cite news|title=Swim contest a spectacular of records|publisher=[[Australian Associated Press|AAP]], [[Reuters]]|work=The Sun-Herald|page=107|date=2 May 1971}}</ref>

Several weeks before the [[1964 Summer Olympics|1964 Olympics]], Fraser was injured in a car crash that injured a vertebra and resulted in the death of her mother Rose. Her sister and a friend were also travelling in Fraser's car during the accident, but survived.<ref>{{cite web|title=I killed my mother|url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/08/09/1091903458221.html|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=9 August 2004|access-date=4 January 2018}}</ref> This was a fresh tragedy for Fraser and her family following her older brother's death from leukemia in 1950, and her father's death from cancer in 1960.

===1964 Summer Olympics incidents and ban from swimming===
During the [[1964 Summer Olympics]] in Tokyo, Fraser angered swimming team sponsors and the Australian Swimming Union (ASU) by marching in the opening ceremony against their wishes, and wearing an older swimming costume in competition, as she found it more comfortable than the one supplied by the sponsors. She was also accused of stealing an Olympic flag from a flagpole outside [[Hirohito|Emperor Hirohito]]'s palace, the [[Kōkyo]]. She was arrested but released without charge. In the end she was given the flag as a souvenir.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Dawn Fraser: still kicking|url = http://www.abc.net.au/sundayprofile/stories/s1897086.htm|website = Sunday Profile, ABC|access-date = 4 November 2015|date = 15 April 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170212085422/http://www.abc.net.au/sundayprofile/stories/s1897086.htm|archive-date=12 February 2017}}</ref>

Fraser later denied having swum the moat to steal the flag, telling ''The Times'' in 1991: "There's no way I would have swum that moat. I was terrified of dirty water and that moat was filthy. There's no way I'd have dipped my toe in it."<ref>{{Cite news|last=Lord|first=Craig|title=DAWN FRASER|newspaper=[[The Times]]|language=en|url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/dawn-fraser-fdfszhm9kmd|access-date=2021-01-26|issn=0140-0460}}</ref> The Australian Amateur Swimming Association banned Fraser from competitive swimming for 10 years.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/131758389 | title=Swim ban on four Games girls | newspaper=Canberra Times | date=2 March 1965 }}</ref>

==Post-swimming activities==
Fraser became a [[wiktionary:publican|publican]] at the [[Riverview Hotel, Balmain|Riverview Hotel]], Balmain, and took up swim coaching.

In 1988, Fraser was elected as an [[independent politician|independent]] to the [[New South Wales Legislative Assembly]] for the [[Electoral district of Balmain|seat of Balmain]]. The Balmain electorate was abolished in 1991, and after failing to win the new seat of [[Electoral district of Port Jackson|Port Jackson]], she retired from politics.<ref name=r1/><ref name="Dawn Fraser NSW Parl">{{Cite NSW Parliament |id=1947 |former=Yes |access-date=13 May 2019 |title=Ms Dawn Fraser (1937– ) }}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Fraser married Gary Ware on 30 January 1965 at St Stephen’s Church, Macquarie Street, Sydney.<ref name=sl-pic-wedding>{{cite web |last1=Hickson|first1=Jack |title=Dawn Fraser's wedding to Gary Ware, St. Stephen's Church, Sydney |url=http://acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/item/itemDetailPaged.aspx?itemID=98512 |website=acms.sl.nsw.gov.au |date=30 January 1965 |publisher=State Library of NSW |access-date=21 December 2014}}</ref> The marriage was short-lived. She has one daughter from the marriage, who has a son. She and her family live in [[Noosa]] on the [[Sunshine Coast, Queensland|Sunshine Coast]] in [[Queensland]]. This move north from [[Sydney]] to the warmer, subtropical climate of Noosa was intended to reduce the breathing problems caused by Fraser's [[asthma]], as the warmer air and increased vitamin D from sunlight are beneficial for the condition.<ref name=abc-kicking>{{cite interview|author=Fraser, Dawn|interviewer=Attard, Monica|title=Dawn Fraser: still kicking|url=http://www.abc.net.au/sundayprofile/stories/s1897086.htm|website=Sunday Profile www.abc.net.a|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|access-date=21 December 2014|date=15 April 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170212085422/http://www.abc.net.au/sundayprofile/stories/s1897086.htm|archive-date=12 February 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=smh-smiling>{{cite news |last1=Hardy|first1=Karen |title=Dawn Fraser still smiling |url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/dawn-fraser-still-smiling-20131213-2zarg.html |access-date=21 December 2014 |work=The Sydney Morining Herald |publisher=Fairfax Media |date=15 December 2013}}</ref>

Fraser is the great-aunt of Canadian soccer player [[Danielle Steer]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wufc.com.au/news/danielle-steer-adds-extra-flair-to-western-united-attacking-stocks|first=Nick|last=Hughes|date=January 4, 2023|title=Danielle Steer adds extra flair to Western United attacking stocks|work=[[Western United FC (A-League Women)|Western United FC]]}}</ref>

==Controversies==
===Political and racial views===
In 1997, Fraser told the [[ABC News (United States)|ABC]]: "I mean I wish I could be as outspoken, I suppose, as [[Pauline Hanson]] and say, 'look, I'm sick and tired of the immigrants that are coming into my country.'" Fraser also stated her interest in joining Hanson's [[Pauline Hanson's One Nation|One Nation Party]].<ref name="smh.com.au">{{Cite web|last=Corderoy|first=Amy|date=7 July 2015|title=From Olympic bans to One Nation: Dawn Fraser no stranger to controversy|url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/from-olympic-bans-to-one-nation-dawn-fraser-no-stranger-to-controversy-20150707-gi6sgw.html|access-date=30 July 2020|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|language=en}}</ref>

In 2015, during an interview on the [[Today (1982 TV program)|''Today'']] program, Fraser was asked about recent behaviour of [[Nick Kyrgios]] at Wimbledon and [[Bernard Tomic]]’s comments about [[Tennis Australia]], which resulted in Tomic being removed from the [[Davis Cup]] team. Fraser said, "They should be setting a better example for the younger generation of this country ... If they don’t like it, go back to where their fathers or their parents came from". (Kyrgios is of [[Malay people|Malay]] and [[Greek people|Greek]] ancestry, while Tomic is of [[Croats|Croat]] extraction.) Kyrgios responded by describing her as a "blatant racist", and Fraser's comments were criticised by Australia’s [[Australian Human Rights Commission|Race Discrimination Commissioner]] [[Tim Soutphommasane]].<ref name="guardian070715">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/jul/07/dawn-fraser-sorry-for-racist-outburst-on-nick-kyrgios-and-bernard-tomic |title=Dawn Fraser sorry for 'racist' outburst on Nick Kyrgios and Bernard Tomic |date=7 July 2015 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=13 August 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last1=Hinds|first1=Alex|last2=agencies|date=7 July 2015|title=Dawn Fraser tells Kyrgios and Tomic to 'go back where their parents came from'|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/jul/07/dawn-fraser-tells-kyrgios-tomic-go-back-where-parents-came-from|access-date=30 July 2020|issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.news.com.au/sport/tennis/olympic-legend-dawn-fraser-launches-racist-attack-on-nick-kyrgios/story-fnu2pjj2-1227431907759|title=Dawn Fraser attacks Nick Kyrgios after Wimbledon 2015 loss|date=7 July 2015|work=NewsComAu|access-date=8 July 2015|archive-date=7 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150707203139/http://www.news.com.au/sport/tennis/olympic-legend-dawn-fraser-launches-racist-attack-on-nick-kyrgios/story-fnu2pjj2-1227431907759|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.smh.com.au/national/dawn-frasers-comments-about-kyrgios-and-tomic-were-racist-say-experts-20150707-gi70b6.html |title=Dawn Fraser's comments about Kyrgios and Tomic were racist, say experts |first1=Angus |last1=Holland |date=7 July 2015 |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |access-date=13 August 2016 }}</ref> Fraser "unreservedly" apologised for her comments.<ref name="guardian070715"/>

==In popular culture==
In 1979, a movie called ''[[Dawn!]]'' was made about Fraser's life and career. It starred Bronwyn Mackay-Payne as Fraser.

Fraser was played by [[Melissa Thomas]] in the 2003 film ''[[Swimming Upstream]]''. Fraser herself is credited in the film as Dawn Fraser's coach.
On  1 September 2015, Dawn Fraser featured on Season 7, Episode 5, of the [[SBS (Australian TV channel)|SBS]] genealogy television series [[Who Do You Think You Are? (Australian TV series)|''Who Do You Think You Are?'']], which traced her heritage back to South America.

==Honours==
Lauded as an Australian hero, Fraser was named the [[Australian of the Year]] in 1964,<ref>{{cite book | author=Lewis, Wendy | title=Australians of the Year | publisher=Pier 9 Press | year=2010 | isbn=978-1-74196-809-5 | author-link=Wendy Lewis }}</ref> was inducted into the [[International Swimming Hall of Fame]] in 1965,<ref name=ishofprofile>{{cite web |url=http://www.ishof.org/dawn-fraser-(aus).html |title=Dawn Fraser (AUS) |website=ISHOF.org |publisher=[[International Swimming Hall of Fame]] |access-date=17 March 2015 |archive-date=2 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402144054/http://www.ishof.org/dawn-fraser-(aus).html |url-status=dead }}</ref> was made a [[Member of the Order of the British Empire]] (MBE) using her married name Dawn Ware in 1967,<ref>[https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1088356; It's an Honour: MBE]</ref> and was appointed an [[Officer of the Order of Australia]] (AO) in 1998.<ref>[https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/872625 It's an Honour] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190222042300/https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/872625 |date=22 February 2019 }} – Officer of the Order of Australia</ref>  She was named Australian Female Athlete of the Century by the [[Sport Australia Hall of Fame]],<ref name="smh2013">{{cite web|url=http://www.smh.com.au/sport/fraser-named-greatest-despite-push-for-skater-20130227-2f6dm.html|title=Fraser named greatest despite push for skater|work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|date=28 February 2013|first=Chris|last=Wilson|access-date=4 September 2013}}</ref> who had inducted her as their first female member in 1985.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sahof.org.au/hall-of-fame-member/dawn-fraser/|title=Dawn Fraser|publisher=Sport Australia Hall of Fame|access-date=26 September 2020}}</ref>  In 1999 the [[International Olympic Committee]] named her the World's Greatest Living Female Water Sports Champion.<ref name=womenaustralia/> On 14 July 2000, Fraser was awarded the [[Australian Sports Medal]] for "outstanding contribution as a swimming competitor".<ref name=honors>{{cite web|title=Dawn Fraser|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/980531|publisher=Australian Honours Database|access-date=8 May 2013|archive-date=22 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190222042034/https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/980531|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=womenaustralia>{{cite web|url=https://www.womenaustralia.info/entries/fraser-dawn/#:~:text=Dawn%20Fraser%20was%20named%20Australian%20of%20the%20Year,Champion%20by%20the%20International%20Olympic%20Committee%20in%201999.|title=The Australia Woman's Register, Dawn Fraser|publisher=The Australian Woman's Register|access-date=26 September 2023}}</ref>

She was one of the bearers of the [[Olympic Torch]] at the [[2000 Summer Olympics opening ceremony|opening ceremony]] of the [[2000 Summer Olympics]] in Sydney. She carried the Olympic Torch at the stadium, as one of the bearers for the final segment, before the lighting of the [[Olympic Flame]].
[[File:Rivercat ferry MV Dawn Fraser arriving into Rydalmere.jpg|thumb|MV Dawn Fraser Arriving into [[Rydalmere ferry wharf]]]]
The [[Australian Sport Awards]] includes an award named in honour of and presented by Fraser. The harbourside baths in Balmain where she swam were named the [[Dawn Fraser Swimming Pool]] in her honour in 1964,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/heritageapp/visit/ViewAttractionDetail.aspx?ID=5001040# | title=State Heritage Inventory | date=22 October 2019 }}</ref> and in 1992, the [[State Transit Authority]] named a [[Sydney RiverCats|RiverCat ferry]] after Fraser.

She was inducted onto the [[Victorian Honour Roll of Women]] in 2001.<ref>{{Cite web |date= 26 May 2022|title=Dawn Fraser AC MBE |url=https://www.vic.gov.au/dawn-fraser-ac-mbe |access-date=2025-03-11 |website=State Government of Victoria |language=en-au}}</ref>

As part of the [[2018 Queen's Birthday Honours (Australia)|2018 Queen's Birthday Honours]] she was advanced to a [[Companion of the Order of Australia]] (AC).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/2001256 |title=FRASER, Dawn |work=It's An Honour |publisher=Australian Government |date=11 June 2018 |access-date=11 June 2018}}</ref>

In 2022, she was an inaugural inductee of the [[Swimming Australia Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hanson |first=Ian |date=28 August 2022 |title=Ian Thorpe, Dawn Fraser and Shane Gould Among First Inductees Into Swimming Australia Hall Of Fame |url=https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/ian-thorpe-dawn-fraser-and-shane-gould-among-first-inductees-into-swimming-australia-hall-of-fame// |access-date=29 August 2022 |website=Swimming World}}</ref>

==Olympic accomplishments==
[[File:Dawn Fraser and Ilsa Konrads at the Australian National Swimming Championships and Olympic Trials, North Sydney Olympic Pool, 27 February 1960.jpeg|thumb|Dawn Fraser and Ilsa Konrads at the Australian National Swimming Championships and Olympic Trials, North Sydney Olympic Pool, 27 February 1960]]
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|- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
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| align="center" | '''Time'''
| align="center" | '''Place'''
|- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
! colspan="4" |  1956 Summer Olympics
|-
|  100m Freestyle|| align="center" | 1:02.0
| bgcolor="Gold" align="center" | '''Gold''' ||bgcolor="00CC33" align="center" | '''WR'''
|-
|  400m Freestyle|| align="center" | 5:02.5
| bgcolor="silver" align="center" | '''Silver'''
|-
|  4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay|| align="center" | 4:17.1
| bgcolor="Gold" align="center" | '''Gold''' ||bgcolor="00CC33" align="center" | '''WR'''
|-
|- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
! colspan="4" |  1960 Summer Olympics
|-
|  100m Freestyle|| align="center" | 1:01.2
| bgcolor="Gold" align="center" | '''Gold''' ||bgcolor="orange" align="center" | '''OR'''
|-
|  400m Freestyle|| align="center" | 4:58.5
| bgcolor="white" align="center" | 5th
|-
|  4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay|| align="center" | 4:11.3
| bgcolor="silver" align="center" | '''Silver'''
|-
|  4 × 100 m Medley Relay|| align="center" | 4:45.9
| bgcolor="silver" align="center" | '''Silver'''
|-
|- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
! colspan="4" |  1964 Summer Olympics
|-
|  100m Freestyle|| align="center" | 59.5
| bgcolor="Gold" align="center" | '''Gold''' ||bgcolor="orange" align="center" | '''OR'''
|-
|  400m Freestyle|| align="center" | 4:47.6
| bgcolor="white" align="center" | 4th
|-
|  4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay|| align="center" | 4:06.9
| bgcolor="silver" align="center" | '''Silver'''
|-
|  4 × 100 m Medley Relay|| align="center" | 4:52.3
| bgcolor="white" align="center" | 9th
|}

*[[1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games|1962 Perth Commonwealth Games]]
**110&nbsp;yards freestyle – gold medal
**440&nbsp;yards freestyle – gold medal
**4 × 110&nbsp;yards (4 × 100.58 metres) freestyle relay – gold medal
**4 × 110&nbsp;yards (4 × 100.58 metres) medley relay – gold medal

==See also==
* [[List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame]]
* [[List of multiple Olympic gold medalists]]
* [[List of multiple Olympic gold medalists in one event]]
* [[List of multiple Summer Olympic medalists]]
* [[List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)]]
* [[World record progression 100 metres freestyle]]
* [[World record progression 200 metres freestyle]]
* [[World record progression 4 × 100 metres freestyle relay]]

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{official website|http://www.dawnfraser.com.au/}}
* {{Sport Australia Hall of Fame}}
* {{Australian Women and Leadership|WLE0386b}}
* {{International Swimming Hall of Fame}}
* {{Australian Olympic Committee}}
* {{Commonwealth Games Australia|dawn-fraser}}
* {{Olympedia}}

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[[Category:Medallists at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:Medallists at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:Sportswomen from New South Wales]]
[[Category:20th-century Australian sportswomen]]