Lorraine Crapp
Australian swimmer, first woman under five minutes in 400 m freestyle.
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Lorraine Joyce Thurlow, née Crapp, is an Australian former Olympic swimming champion. Born on 1 October 1938, she became the first woman to break the five-minute barrier in the 400 m freestyle. Crapp held world records in all freestyle distances simultaneously, a first for any Australian swimmer.
She competed in the 1956 and 1960 Olympic Games, winning two gold medals and two silver medals. In 1956 she set an Olympic record in the 400 m freestyle and was part of the gold medal 4 × 100 m freestyle relay team. She also earned multiple medals at the British Empire and Commonwealth Games in 1954 and 1958.
Career statistics and honours
Medals
- Gold Olympic Games — 1956 Melbourne 400 m freestyle
- Silver Olympic Games — 1956 Melbourne 100 m freestyle
- Silver Olympic Games — 1960 Rome 4×100 m freestyle
- Gold British Empire and Commonwealth Games — 1954 Vancouver 110 yd freestyle
- Gold British Empire and Commonwealth Games — 1958 Cardiff 4×110 yd freestyle
- Silver British Empire and Commonwealth Games — 1958 Cardiff 110 yd freestyle
- Bronze British Empire and Commonwealth Games — 1954 Vancouver 3×110 yd medley
- Bronze British Empire and Commonwealth Games — 1958 Cardiff 440 yd freestyle
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- Wikipedia: Lorraine Crapp (CC BY-SA 4.0).
- Statistics, medals and awards: the tables of the source article.
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