{"id":1076,"date":"2019-05-13T09:06:34","date_gmt":"2019-05-13T09:06:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/fortstreet\/?post_type=article&p=1076"},"modified":"2019-05-26T05:48:34","modified_gmt":"2019-05-26T05:48:34","slug":"archives-2","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/fortstreet\/article\/archives-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Archives"},"content":{"rendered":"

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<\/td>\nFORTIAN OLYMPIANS<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Black, Marilyn Mary<\/td>\nFortian 1960<\/p>\n

Australian and Olympic sprinter (Athletics Australia Hall of Fame)<\/p>\n

Won Bronze Medal for 200 metres Tokyo Olympics 1964<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Boardman, Leslie \u201cLes\u201d<\/p>\n

 <\/td>\n

1889-1975 Fortian 1900s<\/p>\n

Olympic representative \/member of the 4×200 Men\u2019s Freestyle Relay Stockholm Olympic Games 1912, won Gold medal came 1st in world record time; event not won again by Australia until 1956<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Canty, Judith \u201cJudy\u201d Lilian (Wilson)<\/td>\n1931-2016 Fortian 1949<\/p>\n

Competed in the long jump at the 1948 London Olympics, placing seventh. She was seventh in the event at the 1950 British Empire Games. Canty was Australian champion in long jump in 1948 and 1950.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Duff, Lesley Edye \u201cLes\u201d<\/p>\n

 <\/td>\n

1896-1959 Fortian 1913<\/p>\n

Won Olympic gold\/siver medals in swimming; bronze medal in boxing.<\/p>\n

Manager of the 1928 Summer Olympics team, Amsterdam<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Durack, Sarah \u201cFanny\u201d<\/p>\n

 <\/td>\n

1899-1956 Fortian 1900s<\/p>\n

1912 Summer Olympic Games, Stockholm, swam a heat of the 100 metres free-style in 1 min19.8 sec to break the world record. Won gold for the 100 metres, the only individual event for women. Between 1912 and 1918 broke twelve world records and retired from competitive swimming, 1921<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Ferguson, June Elaine (Maston)<\/p>\n

 <\/td>\n

1928-2004 Fortian 1943-44\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0MBE for service to women\u2019s athletics 1967<\/p>\n

Won Silver Medal 4x100m relay Olympic Games London 1948 with Fortians Betty McKinnon, Joyce King, Shirley Strickland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Finch,Kenneth Roy “Ken”<\/p>\n

 <\/td>\n

Fortian 1951<\/p>\n

Represented Australia in basketball at Melbourne Olympic Games 1956<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Hardwick, Harold Hampton<\/p>\n

 <\/td>\n

1888-1959 Fortian 1905<\/p>\n

Won Gold medal 1912 Stockholm Olympics representing Australasia in swimming the 4x 200 relay, won bronze medal in the 400m and 1500m freestyle.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Henricks, John Malcolm \u201cJon\u201d<\/p>\n

 <\/td>\n

Fortian 1954<\/p>\n

Champion swimmer won gold medals in 100m freestyle and 4x200m relay at 1956 Melbourne Olympics. Held 100m world record for 5 years<\/p>\n

Selected for 1960 Olympics but had to withdraw because of illness<\/p>\n

Inducted into International Swimming Hall of Fame 1973<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Lane, Frederick Claude Vivien \u201cFreddie\u201d<\/p>\n

 <\/td>\n

1879-1969 Fortian 1891-93?\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0First Australian to win an Olympic gold medal in swimming<\/p>\n

First Australian to break 60 seconds for the 100 yards<\/p>\n

Won 2 gold medals at the modern Olympic games Paris 1900 for the 200m freestyle race and the 200m obstacle course.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

McKinnon, Elizabeth L \u201cBetty\u201d<\/p>\n

 <\/td>\n

1924-1981 Fortian 1938-41<\/p>\n

Betty was one of only 5 female athletes at the 1948 London Olympic Games. In the 4 X 100 metres relay her team including Fortian June Maston, finished 2nd<\/sup>.\u00a0 This was Australia\u2019s first relay medal in Olympic athletics.<\/p>\n

She also competed in the 100 & 200 metre races in London.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

McLauchlain, Ian J<\/p>\n

 <\/td>\n

Fortian 1965<\/p>\n

Member of Australian Olympic Water Polo team Munich Olympics 1972<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Mathews, Marlene Judith<\/p>\n

 <\/td>\n

Fortian 1951<\/p>\n

Melbourne Olympic Games 1956\u00a0 3rd in the 100 metres, 3rd in the 200 metres; 1st in the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games 100 yards, 1st in the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games 220 yards, 2nd in the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games 110 yards Relay (with [Betty Cuthbert<\/p>\n

AM 1979 for service to athletics; AO 1999 for service to Athletics\/Sports Administration particularly through Australian Track, Field Coaches Association and the Community<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Strickland, Shirley Barbra (de la Hunty)<\/td>\nAt the 1948 London Olympic Games won bronze medals in the 80 metres hurdles and women\u2019s 100 metres race and silver in the 100 metres relay team. 1952 Helsinki Olympic Games she won a bronze medal in the women\u2019s 100 metres and set a world record winning a gold medal in the 80 metres hurdles. In the 1956 Melbourne Olympics she won a gold medal in the 80 metres hurdles and Gold in the 100 metres relay. During her career she set or equalled five individual world records, four in the hurdles, and one at 100 metres, and she was a member of five Australian relay teams which set or equalled world records. At the 2000 Opening Ceremony in Sydney, she was one of several female Australian Olympians who carried the Olympic Flag.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thomas, Graham Edward<\/p>\n

 <\/td>\n

Fortian 1948<\/p>\n

Long distance athlete; represented Australia in 3,000m steeplechase in 1956 Melbourne Olympics<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Webb Kevyn Parke<\/p>\n

 <\/td>\n

1924-1990 Fortian 1939<\/p>\n

Australian Representative for rowing, Olympic Games Rome, 1960 (Double Sculls) OAM 1990 for service to Rowing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Weekes, Elizabeth Jane \u201cLiz\u201d<\/p>\n

 <\/td>\n

Fortian 1989<\/p>\n

2000 Sydney Olympic games Australian team Gold Medal for Women\u2019s Water Polo.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 OAM 2001 for service to sport as a gold medallist at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Woods, Taryn Nadine<\/p>\n

 <\/td>\n

Fortian 1993<\/p>\n

2000 Sydney Olympic games Australian team Gold Medal for Women\u2019s Water Polo. OAM 2001 for service to sport as a gold medallist at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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