Denise Spencer
Australian swimmer
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Denise Dowling Henderson (née Spencer;[1][2] 9 September 1929 – 6 September 1998) was an Australian freestyle swimmer. She competed in two events at the 1948 Summer Olympics.[3]
FullnameDenise Dowling Henderson
NationalityAustralian
BornDenise Dowling Spencer
9 September 1929
9 September 1929
Roma, Queensland, Australia
Died6 September 1998 (aged 68)
Tugun, Queensland, Australia
| Personal information | ||||||||||||
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| Full name | Denise Dowling Henderson | |||||||||||
| Nationality | Australian | |||||||||||
| Born | Denise Dowling Spencer 9 September 1929 Roma, Queensland, Australia | |||||||||||
| Died | 6 September 1998 (aged 68) Tugun, Queensland, Australia | |||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||
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Henderson was born in the Queensland town of Roma in 1929, and until the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro was the only Olympic athlete from the town.[4] In 1948, Roma Town Council named a street Spencer Street in her honour, being the location of the swimming baths where she learned to swim.[5] In September 1950, she married stock manager and auctioneer George Henderson.[6]
Henderson died on 6 September 1998 at John Flynn Hospital in Tugun on the Gold Coast.[7]
