Australians who have won 8 olympic medals in swimming?

Answer 1

Petria Thomas

Games: 1996, 2000, 2004

3 Gold, 4 Silver, 1 Bronze

Dawn Fraser

Games: 1956, 1960, 1964

4 Gold, 4 Silver

And the third? Well, there isn't one!

The next Australian swimmer on the list is Shirley Strickland; at the 1948, 1952, and 1956 Olympics, she won 7 medals: 3 Gold, 1 Silver, 3 Bronze.

Source:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_multiple_Olympic_gold_medalists

Answer 2

Beijing 2008 Female Swimmer Gold Medalists.

50m Freestyle: Britta Steffen, Germany.

100m Freestyle: Britta Steffen, Germany.

200m Freestyle: Federica Pellegrini, Italy.

400m Freestyle: Rebecca Adlington, Great Britain.

800m Freestyle: Rebecca Adlington, Great Britain.

100m Backstroke: Natalie Coughlin, USA.

200m Backstroke: Kristy Coventry, Zimbabwe.

100m Breaststroke: Leisel Jones, Australia.

200m Breaststroke: Rebecca Soni, USA.

100m Butterfly: Lisbeth Trickett, Australia.

200m Butterfly: Liu Zige, China.

200m Individual Medley: Stephanie Rice, Australia.

400m Individual Medley: Stephanie Rice, Australia.

100m Freestyle Relay: Netherlands. (Inge Dekker, Ranomi Kromowidjojo, Femke Heemskerk, Marleen Veldhuis)

200m Freestyle Relay: Australia. (Stephanie Rice, Bronte Barratt, Kylie Palmer, Linda Mackenzie)

100m Medley Relay: Australia. (Emily Seebohm, Leisel Jones, Jessicah Schipper, Lisbeth Trickett)

10km Marathon: Larisa Ilchenko, Russia.

Answer 3

None have even won 5 gold Medals and you jump to 8. That is just unreasonal.

Answer 4

Fraser has won all 3 olympic games.