Evelyn de Lacy
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Full name | Evelyn Rose de Lacy | |||||||||||||||||
National team | Australia | |||||||||||||||||
Born | (1917-11-21)21 November 1917 Maylands, Western Australia | |||||||||||||||||
Died | 27 June 2004(2004-06-27) (aged 86) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||
Club | Bronte Amateur Swimming Club | |||||||||||||||||
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Evelyn Rose de Lacy (21 November 1917 – 27 June 2004), also known by her married name Evelyn Whillier, was an Australian freestyle swimmer. As a 16-year-old on 18 December 1933 she set a Western Australian state record in the 100-yard freestyle race at Crawley Baths.[1] She later competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics and was eliminated in the semi-finals of the 100-metre freestyle event. In the 400-metre freestyle, she was eliminated in the first round.[2] At the 1938 Empire Games she won the gold medal in the 110-yard freestyle contest. She was also a member of the Australian relay teams that won the silver medal in the 4×110-yard freestyle event and the bronze medal in the 3×110-yard medley competition.
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- 1930–1934: 100 yards
- 1938–1966: 110 yards
- 1970–present: 100 metres
- 1930: Joyce Cooper (ENG)
- 1934: Phyllis Dewar (CAN)
- 1938: Evelyn de Lacy (AUS)
- 1950: Marjorie McQuade (AUS)
- 1954: Lorraine Crapp (AUS)
- 1958: Dawn Fraser (AUS)
- 1962: Dawn Fraser (AUS)
- 1966: Marion Lay (CAN)
- 1970: Angela Coughlan (CAN)
- 1974: Sonya Gray (AUS)
- 1978: Carol Klimpel (CAN)
- 1982: June Croft (ENG)
- 1986: Jane Kerr (CAN)
- 1990: Karen van Wirdum (AUS)
- 1994: Karen Pickering (ENG)
- 1998: Sue Rolph (ENG)
- 2002: Jodie Henry (AUS)
- 2006: Libby Lenton (AUS)
- 2010: Alicia Coutts (AUS)
- 2014: Cate Campbell (AUS)
- 2018: Bronte Campbell (AUS)
- 2022: Mollie O'Callaghan (AUS)
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