when did her national selection take place?
August 1955
Faith Leech
In August 1955, Leech set an Australian record of 1 minute 5.0 seconds for the 110-yard freestyle, before lowering it to 1 minute 4.8 seconds in October; this prompted newspapers to trumpet her as a prospect for the Melbourne Olympics.
who is faith leech? She was an Australian freestyle swimmer. where was she born? Bendigo in Australia what are some religious practices in the aformentioned place? Ancestor worship was popular in the Chinese population there. when did the aforementioned swimmer start her international career? UNANSWERABLE how was her early years? She had an aversion to eating in the first two years of her life, and was rushed to a hospital twice due to illnesses.
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Faith Leech [SEP] National selection
In August 1955, Leech set an Australian record of 1 minute 5.0 seconds for the 110-yard freestyle, before lowering it to 1 minute 4.8 seconds in October; this prompted newspapers to trumpet her as a prospect for the Melbourne Olympics. She did not get an opportunity to defend her Australian title in 1956 because she was hospitalised with illness. Leech recovered in time to win the national age title in the 100-metre freestyle in a time of 1 minute 4.6 seconds, just 0.1 of a second outside Dawn Fraser's world record. She then posted a time of 1 minute 4.6 seconds to defeat Fraser and Lorraine Crapp at another meeting in the following month.