Robyn Thorn Robyn Nock by marriage, 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

Freestyle swimming

Freestyle is an unregulated swimming style used in swimming competitions according to the rules of FINA. The front crawl stroke is almost universally used during a freestyle race, as this style is generally the fastest...

 who won the silver medal in the 4x100m 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 Kingaroy, Queensland

Kingaroy, Queensland

Kingaroy is an agricultural town in Queensland, Australia, approximately or about 2½ hours drive north-west of the state capital Brisbane. The town is situated on the junction of the D'Aguilar and the Bunya Highways...

, Thorn 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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, Thorn was part of the winning 4x110yd freestyle relay team, and won silver in the corresponding individual event behind Fraser. Two years later in Tokyo, Thorn was a semifinalist in the 100m freestyle, won by Fraser. She combined with Fraser, Lyn Bell

Lyn Bell

Lynette Bell , known after marriage as Lynette Chipchase, was an Australian freestyle swimmer of the 1960s, who won the silver medal in the 4 × 100 m 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, 3.1s behind the United States

United States

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