Lorraine Dodd
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| Nationality |  Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 September 1944 Subiaco, Western Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 26 November 2005 (aged 61) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lorraine McCoulough-Fry (née Dodd) (6 September 1944 – 26 November 2005) was an Australian Paralympic swimmer, athlete and table tennis player.
Personal
Dodd was born in the Perth suburb of Subiaco.[1] She became paraplegic at the age of 13 after contracting transverse myelitis, which confined her to a wheelchair.[1][2] After contracting the disease, she undertook rehabilitation which included archery and swimming at the Royal Perth Hospital Shenton Park Annexe. [1] This was the start of her sporting career. After treatment at the hospital, she returned to school at Mount Lawley High School and then passed the Junior Examination at the University of Western Australia. She married Ian McCoulough-Fry and they adopted Matthew. ".[3]
Career
Dodd competed at the 1962 Commonwealth Paraplegic Games in Perth winning seven gold and two silver medals. For her performances at the Games, she was awarded the Ben Richter Award for the person to have made the best effort to rehabilitate themselves. She worked as an honorary assistant secretary to the Games Organising Committee. After the Games, she was employed as shorthand typist at the University Department of Medicine at Royal Perth Hospital. [4]
She did not compete at the 1964 Toyko Games due to health problems.[1] At the 1966 Commonwealth Paraplegic Games in Kingston, Jamaica, she won six gold medals in swimming (three), javelin, discus and club throw and two bronze medals in shot putt and slalom.[1][5] At the 1968 Tel Aviv Games, she won three gold medals and broke world records in the Women's 25 m Backstroke class 2 complete, Women's 25 m Breaststroke class 2 complete, and Women's 25 m Freestyle class 2 complete events, a silver medal in the Women's Slalom A event, and a bronze medal in the Women's Novices 60 m Wheelchair Dash A event. She also competed in the Women's Singles B - event in table tennis.[6][7] At the time of the 1968 Games, Dodd was a 24-year-old civil servant.[2] Injury forced her to withdraw from the 1970 Commonwealth Paraplegic Games in Edinburgh. [1] She was coached by Tony Howson. "[3]
Awards
- 2006 - inducted into the Western Australian Hall of Champions. [1]
- 2009 - inducted into the Swimming Western Australia Hall of Fame.[8]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "Lorraine McCoulough-Fry". Western Australian Institute of Sport website. Retrieved 5 June 2012.
- ^ a b "Girl wins gold medal for Canada". The Windsor Star. 7 November 1968. p. 43. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
- ^ a b Mather-Brown, Bill (2002). The fight in the dog. Perth: T. Beck. pp. 254–255. ISBN 0958000107.
- ^ "Success story of a medal winner". Royal Perth Hospital Journal (Supplement): 12. 1963.
{{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter|month=ignored (help) - ^ "1966 Commonwealth Games, Kingston, Jamaica". Australian Paraplegic. 7 (7): 13–15. 1966.
{{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter|month=ignored (help) - ^ International Paralympic Committee; Sydney Paralympic Organising Committee (2000). Paralympic Games results : Rome 1960 to Atlanta 1996. Sydney, Australia: Sydney Paralympic Organising Committee. p. 512–513. OCLC 223030936.
- ^ "Athlete Search Results". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
- ^ "Swimming WA Hall of Fame". Swimming Western Australia Website. Retrieved 5 June 2012.
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