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1) Fanny Durack and Mina Wylie - first women to compete for Australia in the Olympics (1912) and first Australian women to win Olympic medals (Durack - gold and Wylie - silver in the women's 100 meter freestyle). 2) Dawn Fraser - won four gold medals and four silver medals in Olympic competition (swimming) in three different Olympics (1956, 1960, 1964). 3) Evonne Goolagong - 7 time Grand Slam tennis tournament winner (4 Australian Opens, 1 French Open, 2 Wimbledon). 4) Louise Sauvage - 2 time Olympic gold medal winner in wheelchair racing (1996, 2000) and 9 time gold medal winner in the Paralympic Games. 5) Cathy Freeman - gold medalist in the 400 meter run at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She was named the Sportswoman of the Year in 2001. She was the first aboriginal Australian to win an Olympic gold medal in an individual event. 6) Nova Peris-Kneebone - She was the first aboriginal Australian to win an Olympic gold medal (Field Hockey in the 1996 Games).
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∙ 13y agoFanny Durack, Marjorie Jackson, Shirley Strickland, Betty Cuthbert, Herb Elliott, Murray Rose, Dawn Fraser, John Konrads, Peter Norman, Raylene Boyle, Shane Gould, Michelle Ford, Dean Lukin, Glynis Nunn, Debbie Flintoff-King, Kieren Perkins, Kathy Watt, Hayley Lewis, Susie O'Neill, Cathy Freeman, Grant Hackett, Ian Thorpe, Chantelle Newbery, Petria Thomas, Jodie Henry, Giaan Rooney, Leisel Jones, Loudy Tourky, Lisbeth Lenton, Stephanie Rice.
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