Janet May Steinbeck (born 27 February 1951), also known by her married name Janet Murray, was an Australian competitive
swimmer
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of the 1960s who raced internationally in the Olympics and Commonwealth Games, winning two silver medals as a member of Australian relay teams. Steinbeck was primarily a
freestyle
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swimmer.
As a 15-year-old at the
1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
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in Kingston, Jamaica, Steinbeck won a silver medal in the women's 4×110-yard freestyle relay. Swimming the first leg of the four-swimmer relay, she combined with teammates
Janice Murphy
Janice Gabrielle Cameron (, formerly Talbot), (20 February 1947 – 30 April 2018) was an Australian competition swimmer and coach.
She won a silver medal at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics and three medals at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth ...
,
Lynette Bell and Marion Smith for a time of 4:11.1, three tenths of a second behind the world-record-setting Canadians, and two tenths ahead of the third-place English team. She also swam in the individual 220-yard backstroke, coming eighth in the event final.
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The Complete Book of the Commonwealth Games
', Lulu Press, Inc., Raleigh, North Carolina (US), pp. 507 & 530 (2014).
At the
1968 Summer Olympics
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in Mexico City, Steinbeck won a silver medal as a member of the second-place Australian women's team in the
4×100-metre medley relay. She combined with
Lynne Watson,
Lyn McClements and
Judy Playfair
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to register a silver medal in the 4×100-metre medley relay, trailing the Americans home by 1.7 seconds. However, it was in Steinbeck's freestyle anchor leg that American
Susan Pedersen's used her 59.4-second individual split to solidify the Americans' 1.7-second margin of victory. She was also part of the Australian team that came fourth in the
women's 4×100-metre freestyle relay. Individually, she competed in the semifinals of the
100-metre freestyle
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The first swimmer to break the one-minute barrier (long ...
, and the preliminary heats of the
200-metre freestyle.
See also
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List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)
Notes
References
Bibliography
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External links
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1951 births
Living people
Australian female freestyle swimmers
Australian people of German descent
Olympic swimmers for Australia
Sportswomen from Queensland
Swimmers at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Olympic silver medalists for Australia
Olympic silver medalists in swimming
Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming
Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia
Swimmers at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Medallists at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
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