 Fanny Durack (left) and Mina Wylie, Australian swimmers at the Stockholm Olympics 1912 Sarah Frances 'Fanny' Durack (October 27, 1889, Sydney - March 21, 1956, Sydney) was an Australian swimmer of the early 20th century. From 1910 until 1918 she was the world's greatest female swimmer of all distances from free-style sprints to the mile marathon. Image File history File links Fanny_Durack_and_Mina_Wylie. ...
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Early Life
Durack learned to swim in Sydney's Coogee Baths using breaststroke, the only style for which there was a championship for women at that time. In 1906 she won her first title, and over the next few years, dominated the Australian swimming scene. In the 1910-11 swimming season, fourteen year old Mina Wylie, beat Durack in the 100 yards breaststroke and the 100 and 220 yards freestyle at the Australian Swimming Championships at Rose Bay. The two went on to become close friends. Coogee from northern end of Coogee Beach Coogee is a beachside suburb of Sydney adjacent to Coogee Bay (the Tasman Sea) in the east, Clovelly in the north, Randwick in the west and Kingsford and Maroubra in the south. ...
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Jump to: navigation, search Mina Wylie at Wylies Baths, in Coogee, Sydney Wilhelmina (Mina) Wylie (1891-1984) was one of Australias first two Olympic swimming representatives, along with friend Fanny Durack. ...
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NSW Amateur Ladies Swimming Ass'n The 1912 Olympics in Stockholm was to be the first Olympics in which women's swimming events were to be held. Durack and Wylie were obviously deserving of selection, however their selections were stymied by the attitude of the New South Wales Ladies Amateur Swimming Association, which invoked a stipulation that members could not appear in competitions where men were present. This rule meant that that neither Durack nor Wylie could swim in front of the Olympic swimming selectors (who were male), nor could they swim in front of male spectators in Stockholm. After numerous meetings and debate, the rule was finally rescinded. The President of the Association resigned in protest, stating: I think it is disgusting that men should be allowed to attend ... I think it is horrible. We cannot have too much modesty, refinement or delicacy in the relation between men and women. There is too much boldness and rudeness now, and I am afraid that this new decision will have a very vulgar effect on the girls, and the community generally. 1912 was a leap year starting on Monday. ...
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An additional issue was that there were limited funds available to send male representatives to Stockholm let alone two women in the one event. The press became involved and a swimming carnival was held which raised sufficient money for Durack and some for Wylie. Durack's sister, Mary, and Wylie's father each paid their own way to act as chaperones. In biology, chaperones are proteins whose function is to assist other proteins in achieving proper folding. ...
Stockholm 1912 At Stockholm, Durack took the gold medal in the 100 metres freestyle (see Olympic medalists in swimming (women)) whilst setting two new world records during the finals. Her time in the final was 1:22.2. Mina Wylie took the silver. They later tried to persuade officials to allow them to compete in the 4 x 100m relay, offering to swim two legs each, but the offer was declined. The Games of the V Olympiad were held in 1912 in Stockholm, Sweden. ...
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The two women returned triumphantly to Australia. The Referee reported Our world's woman champion comes back more than ever satisfied that the objection to members of both sexes swimming together exists only in this section of the earth, and is strained prudery. Nowhere else it is taken exception to. Of course, Miss Durack does not know that there are lots of things done on the Continent and in other parts of the globe which would, very properly, not be allowed in Australia.
Durack maintained her record until the 1920 Games in Antwerp which she was unable to attend due to suffering from appendicitis just prior to her departure. The gold was won and a new record set by American Ethelda Bleibtrey. Jump to: navigation, search 1920 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events WIKIPEDIA EATS VAGINA January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ...
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North American tours Durack and Wylie went on to tour the United States and Canada demonstrating their swimming abilities and promoting women's swimming as a legitimate physical activity, following earlier tours by fellow Australian Annette Kellerman. On a tour to the United States in 1912, Durack was billed as holding all championships for deep diving and for staying under water continuously. The headline of the New York Times of February 3, 1918 read: Sydney champion (Durack) to tour America and the article stated that the trip of the Sydney mermaids stands out as the feature of the year in aquatics. These tours were hotly debated also in respect of the question of modesty. Annette Kellerman (born July 6, 1887 in Sydney, died November 5, 1975 in Southport, Australia) was an Australian professional swimmer, vaudeville and film star, and writer. ...
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Records
Olympic Records - 1912 gold (100m freestyle)
World records - 100 yard freestyle (1912 to 1921)
- 100m freestyle (1912 to 1920)
- 220 yard freestyle (1915 to 1921)
- 500m freestyle (1916 to 1917)
- 1 mile (1914 to 1926)
Fanny Durack was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1967. The International Swimming Hall of Fame, located on the Atlantic Ocean beachfront in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA, is a Hall of Fame dedicated to promoting the sport of swimming and immortalising the achievements and contributions of those who have distinguished themselves in the following four branches of aquatic sports: competitive...
 Leaning statue atop Albert Cathedral, nicknamed "Fanny Durack" Image File history File links FannyDurackAlbert. ...
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Trivia During the First World War Australian soldiers in France observed the golden statue of the Virgin on the spire of the basilica in the town of Albert. The spire had taken a direct hit from German artillery and the statue, arms outstretched over her head holding the infant Jesus up to heaven, now tilted forward ninety degrees, giving her such an appearance of a woman diving into a swimming pool that she was immediately nicknamed "Fanny Durack". Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ...
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