Dimity Douglas (born 3 July 1970) is an Australian

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. At age 12 years and 56 days, Dimity made history by being the youngest athlete to ever represent Australia at any Games when she competed in the 100m breaststroke at the 1982 Brisbane Commonwealth Games. She went on to compete in three events at the

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, three events at the 1985 Tokyo Pan Pacific Games and three events at the 1986 Edinburgh Commonwealth Games.

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* 1970 births Living people Australian female breaststroke swimmers Olympic swimmers for Australia Swimmers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia Swimmers at the 1986 Commonwealth Games 20th-century Australian women Medallists at the 1986 Commonwealth Games {{Australia-swimming-bio-stub