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She received a 10 year ban from the Australian Swimming Union for alleged misbehavior at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Her alleged offenses included marching in the 1964 Games opening ceremonies against team wishes and stealing the Olympic flag from the Japanese Emperor's palace. Information found on www.olympic.org states that she did indeed steal the flag from the palace and was subsequently arrested. The ban was lifted after four years but by then she had retired.

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Well, she wasn't really banned from the Olympics. She received a 10 year ban from the Australian Swimming Union for alleged misbehavior at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Her alleged offenses included marching in the 1964 Games opening ceremonies against team wishes and stealing the Olympic flag from the Japanese Emperor's palace. Information found on www.olympic.org states that she did indeed steal the flag from the palace and was subsequently arrested. The ban was lifted after four years but by then she had retired.

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Which Australian was banned from competing for stealing the Olympic flag after the Tokyo Olympics?

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Dawn Fraser (born 1937) was 31 years old when she retired from swimming. After winning a third Gold Medal at the 1964 Olympics, she was banned over an unrelated incident, and was reinstated too late to qualify for the 1968 Olympics.


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Dawn Fraser was 19 years old when she competed in her first Olympics, the 1956 Summer Games in Melbourne (born September 4, 1937 and swam first Olympic race on November 29, 1956).


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Dawn Fraser's specialty was freestyle swimming and she competed in the 100 meter freestyle, 400 meter freestyle, 4x100 meter freestyle relay, and 4x100 medley relay events at the Olympics.


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