Sarah Frances "Fanny" Durack (27 October 1889 – 20 March 1956), also known by her married name Fanny Gately, was an Australian competition swimmer.[1] From 1910 until 1918 she was the world's greatest female swimmer across all distances from freestyle sprints to the mile marathon.[2]
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^King, Helen, "Durack, Sarah (Fanny) (1889–1956)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 12 July 2018
Sarah Frances "Fanny" Durack (27 October 1889 – 20 March 1956), also known by her married name Fanny Gately, was an Australian competition swimmer. From...
Park include a cricket oval, rotunda, children's playground and the FannyDurack Aquatic Centre. The oval is used for cricket in the summer months and...
first two female Olympic swimming representatives, along with friend FannyDurack. Wylie grew up in South Coogee, Sydney, where her father Henry Wylie...
Women's events were added at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm; FannyDurack and Mina Wylie, Australia's first female representatives, won gold and...
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Archibald Prize); Sir Frances Forbes (first Chief Justice of NSW); Sarah "Fanny" Durack (Olympic gold medal swimmer); William Dymock (book retailer); Nicholas...
Morning Herald. 11 July 1912. p. 12. "Ladies' Amateur Championships – Miss Durack establishes new record". The Sydney Morning Herald. 8 February 1915. p. 13...
with the 100 metre freestyle and 400 metre team relay taking place. FannyDurack won the individual contest, breaking the world record for the distance...
world record and an additional Olympic record at the end of the Games. FannyDurack and Mina Wylie, the two women who swam for Australasia, finished first...
the international level." The inaugural inductees were Freddy Lane, FannyDurack, Dawn Fraser, Shane Gould and Ian Thorpe. Gould's honour coincided with...
William Chidley declared insane and confined in Callan Park Hospital. FannyDurack and Mina Wylie win 100m gold and silver in the first Olympics to have...
Frank Beaurepaire 1908 London Swimming Men's 1500 m freestyle Gold FannyDurack 1912 Stockholm Swimming Women's 100 m freestyle Gold Cecil Healy Malcolm...
pool in Australia still reserved solely for use by women and children. FannyDurack and Mina Wylie, who won gold and silver medals in the Women's 100m Freestyle...
# Time Swimmer Date Event Place 011 2:56.02:56.0 Durack, FannyFannyDurack March 4, 1915 ? Sydney, New South Wales, Australia ? 022 2:47.62:47.6 Boyle...
Olympic Games gold medalist and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee FannyDurack - Olympic Games gold medalist and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee...
John Anderson, politician 23 November – Shane Gould, swimmer 20 March – FannyDurack, (b. 1889), swimmer 29 May – Frank Beaurepaire, (b. 1891), swimmer and...
1897) March 18 – Louis Bromfield, American writer (b. 1896) March 20 FannyDurack, Australian swimmer (b. 1889) Wilhelm Miklas, 3rd President of Austria...
Records Preceded by FannyDurack Women's 100-meter freestyle world record-holder (long course) August 23, 1920 – June 30, 1923 Succeeded by Gertrude Ederle...
States Swimmer 1985 Barbara Dunbar United States Masters Swimmer 2000 FannyDurack Australia Swimmer 1967 Becky Dyroen-Lancer United States Synchronized...
the first time. Australasia won 2 gold, 2 silver and 3 bronze medals. FannyDurack won the 100 metres freestyle. Australasia won the men's 4 × 200 m freestyle...
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