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Article: Sport: Fraser named in World Sports Awards of Century
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- AAP Sports News (Australia)
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- November 20, 1999
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AAP Sports News (Australia)
11-20-1999
Sport: Fraser named in World Sports Awards of Century
VIENNA, Nov 19 Reuters - Australian swimming legend Dawn Fraser has been named as the
best female swimmer of the century by a elite panel of the world's most powerful sports
officials.
The jury who made the awards included International Olympic Committee (IOC) president
Juan Antonio Samaranch, Prince Albert of Monaco, FIFA president Sepp Blatter, motor racing
chief Max Mosley, tennis supremo Ion Tiriac and leading skiing officials Marc Hodler and
Gian Franco Kasper.
Fraser is regarded as Australia's greatest Olympian by any measure, capturing four
gold medals and four silver medals over three ...