Faith Leech

About

Freestyle swimmer who won the 4 x 100m gold and the 100 m bronze at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne.

Before Fame

She set an unoffical world record in the age 12 range for 100 yards with a time of 1 minute 7.1 seconds.

Trivia

She retired from professional swimming at age 15, but continued to be an Olympic advocate.

Family Life

She has two sons, Adam and Troy, with Mitch Tuohy.

Associated With

She is a gold medal-winning Australian swimmer, much like 2008 gold medalist Stephanie Rice.