- DAWN FRASER Dawn Fraser is an Australian swimming legend. She's the only athlete in the world to win the same event at three Olympic Games in a row. Dawn was born in 1937. Her family lived in Balmain, Sydney. I have beautiful memories of Balmain. I live in the house my parents lived in and I was born in. I suppose I feel quite safe in it. With three brothers and four sisters, life in the ...www.abc.net.au/btn/australians/fraser.htm