... Fraser won two gold medals, in the 110yds freestyle and the 4x110yds freestyle relay and silver in the 440yds freestyle. Dawn Fraser is an Australian former freestyle champion swimmer who won the same Olympic—the women's 100 meters freestyle—three times. Dawn Fraser was the first female inductee into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 1985 as an Athlete Member for her contribution to the sport of swimming and was Elevated to “Legend of Australian Sport” in 1993. Dawn Fraser AC. During her career, Dawn broke and held, 41 World records and was undefeated in the 100 metres freestyle. It was Fraser who lifted her nation back to prominence, first capturing back-to-back gold medals at the 1956 and 1960 Olympics. OLY. MBE. Dawn Fraser (IOC) Updated: 2007-07-27 10:45 Rome 1960, Games of the XVII Olympiad. IWD: Dawn Fraser and the First Olympic Trifecta. She gained a second gold medal in leading the Australian team to a world record in the 4x100m freestyle relay and earned a silver medal in the 400m freestyle. Story Highlights; Olympic record: 4 gold medals, 4 silver medals; The first swimmer to win gold in the same event at three successive Olympiads; Dawn Fraser. Dawn Fraser. Fraser won gold medals in the 100m freestyle and 4x100m freestyle and a silver in the 400m freestyle, while Rose achieved a golden treble with victories in the … She won gold in the 100 meter freestyle at the 1956, 1960, and 1964 Games and gold in the 4x100 meter freestyle relay at the 1956 Games. Dawn Fraser and Murray Rose jointly held the previous records for gold medals, and Fraser the record of eight medals in total, prior to Thorpe. Dawn Fraser won 9 Olympic medals, 4 of which were gold. Dawn Fraser is perhaps the most successful Australian woman ever to have participated at the Summer Olympics. 100m in under a minute Four years later, at the Olympic Games in Rome in 1960, Fraser repeated her victory at 100m to become the first woman to defend an Olympic swimming title. Athletes that won at least three total medals are listed below. Melbourne saw the Olympic debut of two of the Games’ true legends, Dawn Fraser and Murray Rose. is a multi-Olympic and Commonwealth Games Gold Medal winner whose swimming career has stretched over fifteen years. She attained international fame at the age of 19 when she participated in her first Olympic Games in Melbourne in 1956 and won a gold medal in the then 110 yards (now 100 meters) freestyle. Sandra Morgan, a member of the Australian women's 4×100-metre freestyle relay team in 1956, is the youngest Australian gold medallist of …