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Born September 4, 1937 (age 87) • Australia
Awards And Honors Olympic Games

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Fraser, Dawn
Dawn Fraser (centre) standing on the winners' podium after receiving the gold medal for 100-metre freestyle swimming at the 1960 Olympics in Rome
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Murray Rose
Murray Rose
Australian swimmer
Don Schollander
American swimmer
Trickett, Libby
Libby Trickett
Australian swimmer
Kristin Otto
Kristin Otto
German swimmer
Mark Spitz
Mark Spitz
American swimmer
Helene Madison
American athlete
Hendrika Mastenbroek
Dutch athlete
Thorpe, Ian
Ian Thorpe
Australian swimmer
Betty Cuthbert
Australian sprinter
Michael Phelps
Michael Phelps
American swimmer
Gertrude Ederle
Gertrude Ederle
American swimmer
Olympic gold-medal winner Ethelda Bleibtrey
Ethelda Bleibtrey
American athlete
Champion swimmer Kornelia Ender
Kornelia Ender
East German swimmer
Weissmuller, Johnny
Johnny Weissmuller
American swimmer and actor
John Naber
John Naber
American athlete
Shirley Babashoff, 1976.
Shirley Babashoff
American athlete
Donna de Varona
American athlete and sportscaster
Australian hurdler Shirley Strickland de la Hunty
Shirley Strickland de la Hunty
Australian athlete
Al Oerter
American athlete
Soviet gymnast Boris Anfiyanovich Shakhlin
Boris Anfiyanovich Shakhlin
Soviet athlete

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Former U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program bobsledder Steven Holcomb, left, and teammates Justin Olsen, Steve Mesler and Curt Tomasevicz bite their gold medals Saturday night at Whistler Medals Plaza after winning the Olympic four-man bobsled, 2010.
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