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Birth name | Denise Dowling Spencer | |||||||||||
Full name | Denise Dowling Henderson | |||||||||||
Nationality | Australian | |||||||||||
Born | Roma, Queensland, Australia | 9 September 1929|||||||||||
Died | 6 September 1998 Tugun, Queensland, Australia | (aged 68)|||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||
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Denise Dowling Henderson ( née Spencer; [1] [2] 9 September 1929 – 6 September 1998) was an Australian freestyle swimmer. She competed in two events at the 1948 Summer Olympics. [3]
Henderson was born in the Queensland town of Roma in 1929, and until the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro was the only Olympic athlete from the town. [4] In 1948, Roma Town Council named a street Spencer Street in her honour, being the location of the swimming baths where she learned to swim. [5] In September 1950, she married stock manager and auctioneer George Henderson. [6]
Henderson died on 6 September 1998 at John Flynn Hospital in Tugun on the Gold Coast. [7]
Personal information | ||||||||||||
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Birth name | Denise Dowling Spencer | |||||||||||
Full name | Denise Dowling Henderson | |||||||||||
Nationality | Australian | |||||||||||
Born | Roma, Queensland, Australia | 9 September 1929|||||||||||
Died | 6 September 1998 Tugun, Queensland, Australia | (aged 68)|||||||||||
Sport | ||||||||||||
Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Denise Dowling Henderson ( née Spencer; [1] [2] 9 September 1929 – 6 September 1998) was an Australian freestyle swimmer. She competed in two events at the 1948 Summer Olympics. [3]
Henderson was born in the Queensland town of Roma in 1929, and until the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro was the only Olympic athlete from the town. [4] In 1948, Roma Town Council named a street Spencer Street in her honour, being the location of the swimming baths where she learned to swim. [5] In September 1950, she married stock manager and auctioneer George Henderson. [6]
Henderson died on 6 September 1998 at John Flynn Hospital in Tugun on the Gold Coast. [7]