Lynette Bell known after marriage as Lynette Chipchase, 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 freestyle swimmer of the 1960s, who won the silver medal in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics

1964 Summer Olympics

The 1964 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVIII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Tokyo, Japan in 1964. Tokyo had been awarded with the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this honor was subsequently passed to Helsinki because of Japan's...

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Coming from New South Wales

New South Wales

New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...

, Bell spent the majority of her career in the shadow of fellow Australian Dawn Fraser

Dawn Fraser

Dawn Fraser AO, MBE is an Australian champion swimmer. She is one of only two swimmers to win the same Olympic event three times – in her case the 100 meters freestyle....

. Making her debut in the 1962 Commonwealth Games in Perth

Perth, Western Australia

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, Bell was part of the winning 4 × 110 yd freestyle relay team, and placed 4th in the corresponding individual event. Two years later in Tokyo, Bell was a finalist in the 100 m freestyle, won by Fraser. She combined with Fraser, Robyn Thorn

Robyn Thorn

Robyn Thorn , Robyn Nock by marriage, was an Australian freestyle swimmer who won the silver medal in the 4x100m freestyle relay at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics....

 and Janice Murphy

Janice Murphy

Janice Murphy was an Australian freestyle and medley swimmer of the 1960s. She won a silver medal in the 4x100m freestyle relay at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics....

 to finish second, 3.1 s behind the United States

United States

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. At the 1966 Commonwealth Games  in Kingston

Kingston, Jamaica

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, Jamaica

Jamaica

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, she collected a silver in the 100 yd freestyle, as well as silver and bronze in the freestyle and medley relays respectively. Bell competed in the 1968 Mexico City Olympics

1968 Summer Olympics

The 1968 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Mexico City, Mexico in October 1968. The 1968 Games were the first Olympic Games hosted by a developing country, and the first Games hosted by a Spanish-speaking country...

, reaching the semifinal and final of the 100 m and 200 m freestyle events respectively. She finished fourth as part of the freestyle relay.