Dawn Fraser
Dawn Fraser
Dawn Lorraine Fraser, AO, MBEis an Australian freestyle champion swimmer and former politician. She is one of only three swimmers to have won the same Olympic event three times – in her case the women's 100-metre freestyle...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionSwimmer
Date of Birth4 September 1937
CitySydney, Australia
CountryAustralia
tough
It is going to be a very tough series,
beautiful sports opening-up
It's a beautiful thing, diving into the cool crisp water and then just sort of being able to pull your body through the water and the water opening up for you.
best hungry seen win
I don't think we've actually seen the best of him yet. If he is hungry enough to do it, he will win the 200 and 400 in Beijing.
sports hurt thinking
Make yourself an example, achieve it, but don't hurt anyone on the way up. I don't think I did that.
sports parent desire
I've always believed that the desire must come from within, not as a result of being driven by coaches or parents.
sports training lasts
I can remember crawling through the window where he was in the hospital... He said, 'You have a gift... keep training for me.' I s'pose those were the last words he ever spoke to me.
sports two world
We only have two things that we share in this life; we are born and we die. And what we do in between those times, we've got to be happy. I don't let the outside world deter me.
sports winning ifs
If you're good at it, you can win.