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Lyn McClements

1951 - Today

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Lynette Velma McClements (born 11 May 1951), also known by her married name Lyn McKenzie, is an Australian butterfly swimmer of the 1960s and 1970s who won a gold medal in the 100-metre butterfly at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. Coming from Perth, Western Australia, McClements was an asthmatic, who took up swimming to relieve her ailment. Originally concentrating on the freestyle and backstroke, she switched to butterfly in the mid-1960s. Only a year before the Olympics, McClements was almost ready to retire from competitive swimming, when her uncle Les McClements, a professional Australian rules football player convinced her otherwise. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Lyn McClements is the 280th most popular swimmer (down from 105th in 2024), the 595th most popular biography from Australia (down from 298th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Australian Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Lyn McClements ranks 280 out of 709. Before her are Tracy Caulkins, Rick Carey, Marleen Veldhuis, Therese Alshammar, Franziska van Almsick, and Camille Muffat. After her are Kathleen Nord, Milorad Čavić, Igor Polyansky, Tiffany Cohen, Bengt Baron, and Mike Bruner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Lyn McClements ranks 718. Before her are Gerald Tinker, Esther Dyson, Steven Hawley, Martha P. Haynes, Jorge Socías, and Dirk Kempthorne. After her are Tony Rice, Kathy Hammond, Lucie Arnaz, Carlos Frenk, Joy Harjo, and Patricia de Lille.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Lyn McClements ranks 595 out of 1,143. Before her are Jade North (1982), Allan Stone (1945), Isaiah Firebrace (1999), Delta Goodrem (1984), Louisa Lawson (1848), and Jackson Irvine (1993). After her are Eleanor Patterson (1996), Robert de Castella (1957), Mark Bosnich (1972), Brett Emerton (1979), Justin Kurzel (1974), and Rebecca St. James (1977).

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Among SWIMMERS In Australia

Among swimmers born in Australia, Lyn McClements ranks 20. Before her are Ian O'Brien (1947), Kevin Berry (1945), Shane Gould (1956), David Theile (1938), Beverley Whitfield (1954), and Peter Evans (1961). After her are Gail Neall (1955), Giaan Rooney (1982), Bronte Barratt (1989), Petria Thomas (1975), Michelle Ford (1962), and Grant Hackett (1980).

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