DUTCH GIRL SWIMMER
MIGRANTS SPONSOR TRIP TO GAMES Dutch migrants in Australia will sponsor the Olympic Games trip of an 18-year-old Dutch swimmer, Cockie Gastelaars, world record holder for the women’s 100 metres swimming event Miss Gastelaars annexed the record recently by swimming 64.2 seconds, one-fifth of a second faster than Australian Dawn Fraser’s world record.
A local Dutch organisation which has been raising funds for the Dutch team has been told that its money will pay for the champion’s visit. Ten other Dutch girl swimmers will visit Melbourne for the Games and are expected to provide some of the strongest opposition for Australian stars Dawn Fraser, Faith Leech and Lorraine Crapp.
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Press, Volume XCIII, Issue 27990, 9 June 1956, Page 3
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