With a twinkle in her eyes, Dawn Fraser says she just wants to be known, when she passes, as “the cheeky little rascal” who took Australia and the world by storm, after defying critics and overcoming heartbreak to make history at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.
But this Aussie larrikin will be remembered for so much more. Dawn, 86, remains our greatest-ever Olympian; the first person to win three gold medals in the same event at three successive Olympic Games.
The story of how Dawn got there is every bit as compelling
