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  Web Archive Copy: Sports Factor: Dawn Fraser
Dawn Fraser: Oh, running around and jumping up and down and laughing and telling jokes, or screaming out at the masseur that she’s pulled a muscle in my leg, and then sort of just disturbing them, whereas I wasn’t disturbing myself, I was disturbing their meditation and their time to think.
Dawn Fraser: Yes, I was, because as I said, coming from an industrial area in Balmain, we had our baths and all of a sudden this suave man came down and took over our baths, and put lanes down and had all these kids swimming up and down, and took all of our swimming area.
Dawn Fraser: … that I was born in.
www.ausport.gov.au /fulltext/2002/sportsf/s444345.asp   (3966 words)

  
 Our Own Outstanding Oz Olympians
Dawn Fraser was born beside the water in the
Dawn suffered from asthma like her father which was irritated by the coalmines across the road from their house.
Dawn had to find work and over time she worked as a swimming coach, sales representative and a consultant, plus a variety of other jobs.
www.schools.ash.org.au /npssentry/DawnFraser.htm   (589 words)

  
 Dawn Fraser, Australian Olympian
Dawn was extremely competitive and started training with the men in her effort to compete in the South Australian Championships in 1955-1956.
In 1964 rightly or wrongly, Dawn felt the wrath of officialdom and was suspended and banned for 10 years from swimming.
Since Dawn was always playful and not fond of rules, it could have been because she marched in the opening ceremony without permission, wore a non-regular swim suit in a semi-final or stole a flag from the Japanese Emperor's palace in Tokyo.
alldownunder.com /oz-p/dawn-fraser.htm   (1336 words)

  
 DAWN FRASER - TROUBLED CHAMPION.
Dawn refused, arguing that she had not been warned and said she would not swim any butterfly in Rome.
Dawn's team-mates believed she had behaved unreasonably and refused to speak to her or even to each other when she was in the same room.
Dawn Fraser was twenty-seven, uninhibited, with a rugged streak of independence and a self-confessed talent for attracting trouble.
www.wesleymission.org.au /reachout2000/sermons/fraser.asp   (1813 words)

  
 The CBLA Remembers Dawn Fraser CB Poet
Fraser is best understood as a bard in the tradition of Robert Service (whose poems he knew off by heart), and as part of a strong oral culture in Cape Breton that preserved working class traditions and values.
Fraser is one of the few literary voices of the new and independent working class culture, a voice no longer willing to defer to capital.
Fraser condemns the newspapers for telling how "the prince/ Had caught a cold, and how the princesses' youngest kid/Was nearly four years old" but not reporting that Crimmons and others like him died starving to death in the street.
members.tripod.com /~cbla/dfraser.htm   (891 words)

  
 Olympic games for kids ...DAWN FRASER
Dawn Lorraine Fraser was born in 1937 in Balmaine, Sydney Australia,
Dawn spent a great deal of time training with the men which served to make her more competitive.
Dawn is one of only three female swimmers to win a record eight Olympic medals.
australianjoeyscouts1.4t.com /olympic/fraser.html   (524 words)

  
 CNN.com - Australian swimming legend favored to light Olympic torch - September 11, 2000
Fraser, who still lives in the house where she was born in 1937, accomplished so much in her brilliant career that last year the world's sportswriters named her the greatest female swimmer of the 20th century.
Fraser set 27 individual world records during her career, the last a time of 58.9 seconds in the 100-meter freestyle -- in the 1964 Tokyo games -- that wasn't broken until 1972.
Fraser became a national icon, in part because of the ban, and many believe she will be the one to take the flame that has traveled from Greece and set Sydney's torch ablaze.
archives.cnn.com /2000/ASIANOW/australasia/09/11/oly.dawn.fraser   (599 words)

  
 Dawn Fraser - Moviefone
Fraser and Cronin made a public apology for their unwitting contribution to the financial plight of many people.
Dawn Fraser was twenty-seven, uninhibited, with a rugged streak of independence and a...
Fraser, Dawn - Australian Women Biographical entry, Australian Women's Archives Project is a biographical, bibliographical and archival database of...
movies.aol.com /celebrity/dawn-fraser/349432/main   (101 words)

  
 Fraser, Dawn - Australian Women Biographical entry
Dawn Fraser won the same event at the 1960 Rome Olympics and 1964 Tokyo Olympics, becoming the first swimmer to win the same event in three consecutive games.
In 1961 Dawn Fraser received the Helms Award (later World Trophy) and was awarded the ABC Sportsman of the Year Award in 1962 and 1964.
Dawn Fraser was named Australian of the Year in 1964 and voted Australia's greatest female athlete in 1988.She was named Australian Female Athlete of the Century by the Sport Australian Hall of Fame as well as the World's Greatest Living Female Water Sports Champion by the International Olympic Committee in 1999.
www.womenaustralia.info /biogs/IMP0178b.htm   (687 words)

  
 Dawn Fraser   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Dawn was born on the 4th September 1937.
Dawn holds the record for the most Olympic medals won by an Australian, 8 in total, 4 gold and 4 silver.
At the 1956 Olympics Dawn became an Australian National hero winning the100m freestyle gold medal in a world record time, as well as taking gold in the100m freestyle relay and silver in the 400m freestyle.
teachit.acreekps.vic.edu.au /cyberfair2001/DawnFraser.htm   (318 words)

  
 Dawn Fraser - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre
Dawn Fraser, siempre rebelde, se escapó de la villa, se metió en un autobús y desfilo en la inauguración.
Pero aun en Tokio Dawn Fraser protagonizaría un pintoresco episodio que está entre las cosas más recordadas de aquellos Juegos.
Dawn Fraser es uno de los grandes mitos de la natación, tanto por sus triunfos olímpicos como por su rebelde personalidad y su azarosa vida privada, plagada de excesos que sin embargo no le impedían estar a punto a la hora de competir.
es.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dawn_Fraser   (1006 words)

  
 Alasdair Fraser, Dawn Dance
Fraser is assisted by a wide range of superb guest musicians.
One of the most evocative tunes is "Rain On Rannoch." In the liner notes, Fraser writes that the tune reminds him of driving along Rannoch Moor towards Glencoe in the heavy rain.
Fraser has a very sensitive touch with slow airs and that sensitivity comes through very well here.
www.rambles.net /fraser_dawn95.html   (781 words)

  
 fowlie.ca: Dawn Fraser visits Dili, East Timor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
As part of that, Dawn Fraser, one of Australia's most famous Olympians came to Dili for a day, with the Host Broadcaster for the Sydney Olympics, to so a special on sports in East Timor.
Dawn, her daughter Dawn Lorraine, my boss, John Ryan, and Col. Moylan at Dare.
I thought Dawn Fraser had tears in her eyes as she interviewed Victor, and knew what it would mean for him to miss the Olympics.
www.fowlie.ca /old/et/dawn.html   (242 words)

  
 Dawn Fraser - Saxton Speaker Bureau - Speaker Details
Dawn Fraser AO Swimming champion Dawn Fraser is an icon to many Australians.
Known for her 'non-politically correct behaviour' or 'larrikin character' Dawn Fraser won eight Olympic and eight Commonwealth medals.
On 8 June 1998 Dawn Fraser was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO).
www.saxton.com.au /default.asp?sd8=2842   (141 words)

  
 SI Flashback
She was one of the great Olympic champions, the only swimmer to win the same event—the 100-meter freestyle—in three consecutive Olympics (1956, '60 and '64), but Australia's Dawn Fraser was equally well known for making waves out of the water.
The suspension was lifted inside four years, but Fraser, who had married, given birth to a daughter and divorced in the meantime, had retired by then.
Driving home from a party (at which she said she had not drunk) with her mother, her sister and a friend in her car, she was unable to avoid a truck parked on a highway near the Sydney airport.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /events/1996/olympics/daily/july20/flashback.html   (746 words)

  
 CNN.com - Dawn Fraser - Jun 3, 2004
Fraser was the first woman ever to successfully defend an Olympic title.
(CNN) -- Renowned as much for her behavior out of the pool as her victories in it, Dawn Fraser is the greatest, and certainly most colorful female swimmer in Olympic history.
The Australian won eight Olympic medals and was the first swimmer, either male or female, to win gold in the same event at three successive Olympiads.
www.cnn.com /2004/SPORT/06/03/olympics.fraser   (541 words)

  
 Global Exchange : Dawn Fraser
Dawn Fraser is an avid Caribbean-American civil and human rights activist, who has worked on an array of political and social issues which primarily affect low-income and minority communities.
Dawn represented Global Exchange at the United Nation's Third World Conference on Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerances.
Dawn Fraser is available to speak about how the tragic events of Sept. 11th have impacted immigrants in the United States.
www.globalexchange.org /getInvolved/speakers/38.html   (207 words)

  
 Alasdair Fraser, Dawn Dance
All the tunes on Dawn Dance were written by him, but this is very much an ensemble approach to music -- which will also show up later in his Skyedance 'super band' (see Kim Bates' review of Skyedance at the Music Hall in Toronto for a superb look at this group live).
Despite the cover art of a lone fiddler against the breaking dawn sky, there are a number of very talented musicians besides Fraser involved.
Dawn joins an amplified fiddler, a bass player, and an indefatigable drummer in providing an eclectic mix of very loud, rollicking music for the dancing guests, including her host and hostess.' Well, this is the music that I would expect to find at that party!
www.greenmanreview.com /cd/cd_fraser_dawndance.html   (1025 words)

  
 Dawn Fraser - Biography, pictures, photos, photo, images, latest news, horoscope, lyrics, photo gallery, links   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Dawn Fraser is a sporting legend, a larrikin, and a fair dinkum Aussie sheila.
Dawn was in fact invited to appear in the opening...
She was the first woman to swim the 100m in under a minute and remains loved to this day for her larrikin ways and swimming ability.Legend born in Sydney, Australia in 1937, She suffered from asthma as a child and was encouraged...
www.biggeststars.com /d/dawn-fraser-home.html   (319 words)

  
 COMITÉ INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIQUE - ATHLÈTES
Le 21 février 1956, Dawn Fraser, alors âgée de 18 ans, bat le record du monde du 100m nage libre détenu depuis 20 ans par la Néerlandaise Willy den Ouden.
Quatre plus tard, en 1960, aux Jeux de Rome, Dawn Fraser est de nouveau sacrée championne olympique du 100m.
Aux Jeux de Tokyo en 1964, Dawn Fraser doit redoubler d'efforts pour venir à bout de l'Américaine Sharon Stouder et remporter une fois de plus le 100m, ce qui fait d'elle la première personne, tous sexes confondus, à s'imposer dans la même épreuve de natation trois fois d'affilée.
www.olympic.org /fr/athletes/heroes/bio_fr.asp?PAR_I_ID=12954   (322 words)

  
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Dawn was 19 years old when she won the gold in the 100 m freestyle at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics.
She was nicknamed 'water baby' when she anchored the Australian team to gold in the 4x100 freestyle relay.
Dawn Fraser was named Australia's greatest female athlete in 1988.
www.dimdima.com /sports/show_sports.asp?q_aid=43   (261 words)

  
 eBay - dawn fraser, Fiction Books, VHS items on eBay.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Dawn Fraser Bio: Dawn One hell of a life
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 Greatest freestyler, says Dawn Fraser - Deccan Herald - Internet Edition   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Australia's Dawn Fraser, one of just two female swimmers to win the same event at three Olympics, said Thorpe deserved to remembered as the best of all time.
Tributes were flooding in for Australian swimmer Ian Thorpe after he announced his retirement today at the age of 24.
Political figures, former swimmers, coaches and officials all joined in acknowledging the achievements of a man who won 11 world titles, five Olympic gold medals and set 13 individual long-course world records in a glittering career.
www.deccanherald.com /deccanherald/nov212006/update1433520061121.asp   (733 words)

  
 Dawn Fraser - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Dawn Fraser - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Fraser, Dawn, born in 1937, Australian swimmer, who was the first swimmer to win a gold medal in the same event at three consecutive Olympic Games....
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ca.encarta.msn.com /Dawn_Fraser.html   (52 words)

  
 Dawn Fraser: into the deep end   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Though she has lived her life in the public glare from the time she was a teenager winning gold at the Melbourne Olympics, Dawn has always kept her private life very private.
ninemsn's encarta has a profile on Dawn Fraser.
Village of the damned: the fallout from foot and mouth.
sixtyminutes.ninemsn.com.au /sixtyminutes/stories/2001_06_03/story_345.asp   (210 words)

  
 Dawn Fraser — Infoplease.com
Women - Women Event Time 100m Free Dawn Fraser, AUS 1:02.0 WR Lorraine Crapp, AUS 1:02.3 Faith Leech, AUS...
Leading Medal Winners - Leading Medal Winners Number of individual medals won on the left; gold, silver and bronze...
Behind Sto:lo walls: a rare archaeological discovery reveals that native peoples of the Fraser Canyon built linked stone forts to......
www.infoplease.com /ipsa/A0109199.html   (195 words)

  
 Dawn: Fraser River on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Dawn: Fraser River on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Tug with load of wood chips on the Fraser River.
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www.flickr.com /photos/tutu/264499506   (82 words)

  
 Dawn Fraser   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
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