Clare Dennis (swimming) dominated breast-stroke swimming from 1931 to 1935, becoming the first Australian woman to win a gold medal in the British Empire Games at the London 1934 Games. An outstanding junior swimmer, Dennis broke the world record at 15 years of age in the 220yards breast-stroke, ensuring her selection in the team to represent Australia at the 1932 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. She was the youngest member of the team, but still came home with the gold medal in her event – the first female Olympic Champion since Fanny Durack in 1912 and the last Australian swimmer, male or female to win Olympic Gold until 1956. Dennis was the youngest Australian to win Olympic Gold until Shane Gould at the Munich 1972 Olympics. Clare Dennis married fellow Australian representative George Golding, who won bronze in the men’s 440-yard athletics race at the Hamilton 1930 Games. She was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 1985.