{"id":401595,"date":"2024-06-10T00:09:44","date_gmt":"2024-06-10T00:09:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=401595"},"modified":"2024-06-10T03:06:19","modified_gmt":"2024-06-10T03:06:19","slug":"astonishing-feats-of-a-15-year-old-aussie-hero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=401595","title":{"rendered":"Astonishing feats of a 15-year-old Aussie hero"},"content":{"rendered":"

To mark 100 days from the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, Nine.com.au asked you what your favourite Olympic memories were in a survey. The response was overwhelming! We chose 50 of them to re-live, one a day, before new memories are made in Paris. Scroll on for today's memory.<\/em><\/p>\n

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S\ufeffhane Gould was only 15 when she swam at the Munich 1972 Olympics.<\/p>\n

But the Sydney-born youngster was already such a prominent force in the swimming world that she was the subject of eye-catching t-shirts worn by US athletes.<\/p>\n

"All that glitters is not Gould,"\ufeff the t-shirts read.<\/p>\n

She glittered like few other athletes in the German capital, clinching three gold medals and breaking three world records in her only Olympic campaign.<\/p>\n

Watch the video at the top of the page to see Shane Gould shine at the Munich 1972 Olympics!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Gould won her first gold medal in the 200m individual medley, setting a world record of 2:23.07.<\/p>\n

She then won gold in the 400m freestyle two days later, \ufeffstopping the clock at 4:19.04 to break her own world record.<\/p>\n

And another two days later she triumphed in the 200m freestyle, blasting through the race in 2:03.56 to reclaim the world record.<\/p>\n

\"Shane<\/p>\n

Gould also won silver in the 800m freestyle and bronze in the 100m freestyle.<\/p>\n

She had attracted worldwide fame in the lead-up to Munich 1972 by claiming every freestyle world record \u2014 the 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m and 1500m \u2014 including the 100m mark owned by Dawn Fraser.<\/p>\n

Gould retired at the age of 16, retreating from the limelight that her astounding success had brought about.<\/p>\n

She was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 1985 and attained "legend" status in 1996.\ufeff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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