Sandra Morgan

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Olympic medal record
Women's Swimming
Gold	1956 Melbourne	4×100 m freestyle relay

Sandra Morgan (born June 6, 1942), known after marriage as Sandra Beavis was an Australian freestyle swimmer of the 1950s, who won a gold medal in the 4x100m freestyle relay at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics. At the age of 14 years and 6 months, she remains the youngest Australian to have won an Olympic gold medal.

Making her first appearance, Morgan combined with Dawn Fraser, Lorraine Crapp and Faith Leech to beat the United States in a new world record time of 4min 17.1s by 2.1s. Morgan also competed in the 400m freestyle, where she placed sixth.

Two years later at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales, Morgan won gold as part of the 4x110yd relay. She made a second Olympic appearance at the 1960 Rome Olympics, where she was a heat swimmer in the 4x100m freestyle relay. She was substituted off for the final, and under the rules of that era regarding heat swimmers, she did not receive a silver medal for the event.

[edit] References

• Andrews, Malcolm (2000). Australia at the Olympic Games. 
• Howell, Max (1986). Aussie Gold.