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| Full name | Patricia Norton, later Down | ||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | "Pat" | ||||||||||||
| Nationality | Australia | ||||||||||||
| Born | 20 March 1919 | ||||||||||||
| Died | 2 September 2007 (aged 88) Killarney Vale, New South Wales |
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||
| Stroke(s) | Backstroke, Freestyle | ||||||||||||
| Club | New South Wales | ||||||||||||
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Patricia "Pat" Norton later Down (20 March 1919 – 2 September 2007) was an Australian backstroke swimmer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany.
In 1936 she was eliminated in the semi-finals of the Olympic 100 metre backstroke event.
At the 1938 Empire Games she won the gold medal in the 110 yards backstroke competition. She also won a silver medal with the Australian team in the 4×110 yards freestyle relay contest and a bronze medal in the 3×110 yards medley relay event.
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