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Dawn Fraser

Dawn FraserBorn: 4-Sep-1937
Birthplace: Sydney, Australia

Gender: Female
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Bisexual
Occupation: Swimmer

Nationality: Australia
Executive summary: Olympic gold medal swimmer

Husband: Gary Ware (one daughter)
Daughter: Dawn Lorraine

    Olympic Gold Medal 1956 (100-meter freestyle)
    Olympic Gold Medal 1956 (400-meter freestyle relay)
    Olympic Silver Medal 1956 (400-meter freestyle)
    Olympic Gold Medal 1960 (100-meter freestyle)
    Olympic Silver Medal 1960 (400-meter freestyle relay)
    Olympic Silver Medal 1960 (400-meter medley relay)
    Olympic Gold Medal 1964 (100-meter freestyle)
    Olympic Silver Medal 1964 (400-meter freestyle relay)
    Associated Press Athlete of the Year (female) 1962
    Australian of the Year 1964
    Member of the British Empire 1967

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    Swimming Upstream (27-Feb-2003) · Dawn Fraser's Coach

Official Website:
http://www.dawnfraser.com.au/

Author of books:
Below the Surface (1965, memoir)
Dawn: One Hell Of A Life (2001, memoir)



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