Rosemary's Story
Western Australian swimmer Rosemary Fydler, who competed under her maiden name Rosemary Brown, emerged internationally at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton. Aged 17, she won silver in the 100-metre freestyle and 4x100-metre medley relay, along with bronze in the 4x100-metre freestyle relay.
Fydler made her Olympic debut at Moscow 1980, aged 19, contesting six events across freestyle distances from 100 to 800 metres. Her best individual result was ninth in the 800-metre freestyle, narrowly missing the final. She also placed 10th in the 200-metre freestyle and helped Australia finish fifth in the 4x100-metre freestyle relay and sixth in the 4x100-metre medley relay.
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