Robyn Jean Thorn (born 26 November 1945), also known by her married name Robyn Nock, is an Australian former

freestyle Freestyle may refer to: Brands * Reebok Freestyle, a women's athletic shoe * Ford Freestyle, an SUV automobile * Coca-Cola Freestyle, a vending machine * ICD Freestyle, a paintball marker * Abbott FreeStyle, a blood glucose monitor by Abbott La ...

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who won the silver medal in the 4×100-metre freestyle relay at the

1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this ho ...

in Tokyo. Coming from

Kingaroy, Queensland Kingaroy is a rural town and suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. The town is situated on the Road Junction, junction of the D'Aguilar Highway, D'Aguilar and the Bunya Highway, Bunya H ...

, Thorn spent the majority of her career in the shadow of fellow Australian Dawn Fraser. Making her debut in the

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in Perth, Western Australia, Thorn was part of the winning 4×110-yard freestyle relay team, and won silver in the corresponding individual event behind Fraser. Two years later in Tokyo, Thorn was a semifinalist in the 100-metre freestyle, won by Fraser. She combined with Fraser,

Lyn Bell Lynette "Lyn" Bell (born 24 January 1947), also known by her married name Lynette Chipchase, was an Australian freestyle swimmer of the 1960s, who won the silver medal in the 4x100-metre freestyle relay at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Co ...

and Janice Murphy to finish second, 3.1 seconds behind the United States.

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* * 1945 births Living people Olympic swimmers of Australia Australian female freestyle swimmers Sportswomen from Queensland Swimmers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Australia Olympic silver medalists in swimming Swimmers at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia 20th-century Australian women {{Australia-swimming-bio-stub

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