Olympic Badge – Lorraine Crapp (Swimming)
$48.00
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Description
Badge measures 3cm in diameter.
Lorraine Joyce Thurlow (nee Crapp) earned a place as the first woman to break the five minute barrier in the 400 metre freestyle. In 1956 she broke 17 world records. She was the first Australian swimmer – male or female – to hold world records in all freestyle distances at the same time. She competed in the 1956 and 1960 Summer Olympics, winning two Olympic gold medals and one Olympic silver medal in 1956 and one silver medal in 1960. On the eve of her departure for the 1960 Rome Games, Lorraine married Dr Bill Thurlow, a medical officer attached to the Australian team. In 1964 Thurlow won a 100,000 pounds lottery prize, which he planned to use for setting up a health centre for disabled people. Lorraine is one of nine legends of the Path of Champions at Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre. Born in 1938, Lorraine is 85 years old.
