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Mina Wylie. Wilhelmina "Mina" Wylie (27 June 1891 – 6 July 1984) was one of Australia's first two female Olympic swimming representatives, along with friend Fanny Durack. [1] [2] Early life. Wylie grew up in South Coogee, Sydney, where her father Henry Wylie built Wylie's Baths in 1907.
Wilhemina (Mina) Wylie (1891-1984), swimmer, was born on 27 June 1891 in North Sydney, second of three children of Irish-born Henry Alexander Wylie, house-painter, and his Queensland-born wife Florence Ann, née Beers. Henry Wylie was the Australasian distance-diving champion in 1896. Mina attended Caerleon College, Randwick.
11 de jul. de 2021 · Fanny Durack and Mina Wylie, friends and fierce rivals, travelled to Sweden only after public clamour and determined fundraising overcame the opposition of the New South Wales Ladies’ Amateur...
25 de abr. de 2022 · 25 de abril de 2022. Esta es la historia de una auténtica pionera del deporte femenino, aunque siendo completamente sinceros, es la historia de dos de ellas, pues ambas compitieron juntas, fueron rivales pero eternas amigas.
3 de ago. de 2023 · A woman who was determined to ensure she would not be forgotten. In Search of Mina Wylie is available for purchase online. The official book launch will be at Wylie’s Baths on the 8th of March, you can purchase tickets here. Written by Ocean Swims on 20 February 2023. (Updated on 3 August 2023) About: There are no comments yet.
Before and after those Olympics, 20 years in a row Mina Wylie won at least one Australian national championship. Three times she won every women’s event at the Australian championships setting world records in trudgeon freestyle, backstroke and breaststroke.
Mina Wylie was the first Australian woman to compete at the Olympic Games, winning silver in the 100 metre freestyle at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics. She also taught swimming for 42 years and was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1975.
