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
upset rivals used
I used to do some terrible things in the marshalling area to upset my rivals.
swim mind stronger
I knew that the stronger that I was, the faster I was going to swim, and thats all I had in my mind at the time, was I wanted to be the best swimmer in the world.
sports past years
I don't linger on the fact that Dawn Fraser was a great swimmer 40 years ago. That was in the past. I did break 41 world records, but I don't live on that today.
sports excellence winter-olympics
The Olympics remain the most compelling search for excellence that exists in sport, and maybe in life itself.
sports inspirational-sports inspirational-life
I've worked hard all my life.
wrestling swimming people
I probably have a different mental approach to swimming than most people. I actually enjoy training.
cent fit per
He may not be 100 per cent fit when he competes, but he will give a 100 per cent shot.
ahead doctor fit general heart speak spoke
I did speak to my heart doctor, I spoke to my orthopedic doctor and I also spoke to my general practitioner and they all said, 'No, you are fit enough to do the show, go ahead and do it'.
mind
When I set my mind to do something, I want to come out a winner.
anyone complains might parking personal telling
It might look like that but it's not my personal parking space, ... I'm telling you that's not true. Anyone that complains like that is jealous.
happy occasion television unlike violence
It's a happy occasion and, unlike most of the television we watch, there's no violence involved.
assured bit paul spoke turning
That is turning out to be a bit of a debacle but I spoke to the administrators the other day and they have assured me it is not anything to do with Paul or myself.
legs tango
These old legs aren't really in tango form.
mouth retired sort taste terrible
It wasn't deserved. Because I didn't do the things that they said I'd done. And it was a terrible sort of taste in my mouth ... to have been retired when I wasn't ready.