Frederick Claude Vivian Lane (2 February 1880 – 14 May 1969) was an Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n swimmer.

Lane, from Manly, New South Wales

Manly, New South Wales

Manly is a suburb of northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Manly is located 17 kilometres north-east of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre of the local government area of Manly Council, in the Northern Beaches region.-History:Manly was named...

, was the first Australian to represent his country in swimming at the Olympic Games

Olympic Games

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, although he was actually a part of the British team when he competed at the 1900 Paris Games

1900 Summer Olympics

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 and won two gold medals.

He first won the 200 m freestyle

Freestyle swimming

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, clearly beating the Hungarian

Hungary

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 Zoltán Halmay

Zoltán Halmay

Zoltán Halmay was a Hungarian Olympic swimmer. He competed in four Olympics , winning the following medals:* 1900: silver , bronze * 1904: gold...

. His second final was just 45 minutes later, the discontinued 200 m obstacle race, where he beat Otto Wahle

Otto Wahle

Otto Wahle was a Jewish Austrian swimmer who competed in the late 19th century and early 20th century.-Swimming career:...

 from Austria

Austria

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Lane, who had won national titles in Australia, New Zealand

New Zealand

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 and Great Britain

Great Britain

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, was also the first swimmer to finish the 100 yards (91.4 m) in less than a minute, clocking 59.6 s in 1902.