Raelene Boyle
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Contents
Country
Australia
Birth - Death
1951 -
Occupation
Sports
Notable Achievements
Order of Australia, MBE, Olympic Silver
Description
Track sprinter (100 and 200 metre races). Winner of three Olympic Silver Medals (1968, 1972 (2)). First woman to be Australia's Flag Bearer (Olympic Games - 1976). Board Member, Breast Cancer Network Australia. Member, Order of the British Empire (1974). Member, Sport Australia Hall of Fame (1985). Appointed to the Order of Australia (2007). Named as a Top 100 Australian Sportswomen of all time (2013).
