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Australian swimmer
Marjorie McQuade
Full name Marjorie Anne McQuade National team
Australia Born (1934-07-16 ) 16 July 1934Died 10 October 1997(1997-10-10) (aged 63) Sport
Swimming Strokes
Freestyle Club Melbourne Swimming Club
Marjorie Anne McQuade (16 July 1934 – 10 October 1997), later known by her married name Marjorie Bennett , was a competition
swimmer who represented Australia at the
1948 Summer Olympics in London and the
1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki.
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At the
1950 British Empire Games in Auckland, New Zealand, McQuade was one of the standout performers for Australia, winning three gold medals. Individually, she won the women's 110-yard freestyle, and was a member of the winning Australian women's teams in the 4×110-yard freestyle relay and the 3×110-yard medley relay.
McQuade attended St Michael's School in
St Kilda, Victoria . She is one of the St Michael's "notable alumni" and an "Old Michaelian".[
citation needed ] Her husband
Peter Bennett was an
Australian rules footballer and competed for Australia in
water polo at the 1952 Olympics. She died on 10 October 1997.
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References
External links
Marjorie McQuade at
World Aquatics
1930: 4×100 yards
1934–1966: 4×110 yards
1970–present: 4×100 metres
1930 :
J. Cooper ,
D. Cooper ,
Joynes ,
Harding (
ENG )
1934 :
Dewar ,
Humble ,
Hutton ,
Pirie (
CAN )
1938 :
Oxenbury ,
Lyon ,
Baggaley ,
Dewar (
CAN )
1950 :
Spencer ,
Norton ,
Davies ,
McQuade (
AUS )
1954 :
Loveday ,
Harrison ,
Petzer ,
Myburgh (
SAF )
1958 :
Colquhoun ,
Fraser ,
Crapp ,
Morgan (
AUS )
1962 :
Fraser ,
Bell ,
Thorn ,
Everuss (
AUS )
1966 :
Tanner ,
Hughes ,
Kennedy ,
Lay (
CAN )
1970 :
Cain ,
Langford ,
Watts ,
Watson (
AUS )
1974 :
Jardin ,
Smith ,
Amundrud ,
Wright (
CAN )
1978 :
Klimpel ,
Amundrud ,
Sloan ,
Quirk (
CAN )
1982 :
Gore ,
Willmott ,
Croft ,
Fibbens (
ENG )
1986 :
Nugent ,
Kerr ,
Rai ,
Noall (
CAN )
1990 :
Mullens ,
Wirdum ,
Curry-Kenny ,
O'Neill (
AUS )
1994 :
Windsor ,
Lewis ,
Stevenson ,
O'Neill (
AUS )
1998 :
Rooney ,
Denman ,
Thomas ,
O'Neill (
AUS )
2002 :
Mills ,
Henry ,
Thomas ,
Ryan (
AUS )
2006 :
Lenton ,
Henry ,
Mills ,
Reese (
AUS )
2010 :
Coutts ,
Guehrer ,
Galvez ,
Seebohm (
AUS )
2014 :
B. Campbell ,
Schlanger ,
McKeon ,
C. Campbell (
AUS )
2018 :
Jack ,
B. Campbell ,
McKeon ,
C. Campbell (
AUS )
2022 :
Wilson ,
Jack ,
O'Callaghan ,
McKeon (
AUS )