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Born September 4, 1937 (age 89) • 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
Australian swimmer
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Don Schollander
American swimmer
Trickett, Libby
Libby Trickett
Australian swimmer
Kristin Otto
Kristin Otto
German swimmer
Mark Spitz
Mark Spitz
American swimmer
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Helene Madison
American athlete
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Hendrika Mastenbroek
Dutch athlete
Thorpe, Ian
Ian Thorpe
Australian swimmer
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Betty Cuthbert
Australian sprinter
Michael Phelps smiles while wearing a black suit at the 2004 ESPYs awards, with people in the background.
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
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Donna de Varona
American athlete and sportscaster
Australian hurdler Shirley Strickland de la Hunty
Shirley Strickland de la Hunty
Australian athlete
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Al Oerter
American athlete
Soviet gymnast Boris Anfiyanovich Shakhlin
Boris Anfiyanovich Shakhlin
Soviet athlete

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