fullname death_date club death_place height birth_date article_title strokes name nicknames
patricia norton 2 september 2007 bondi ladies swim club killarney vale , new south wales 1.60 m ftin on 20 march 1919 pat norton
 backstroke , freestyle , medley pat norton `` pat ''
pat norton

patricia norton -lrb- 20 march 1919 -- 2 september 2007 -rrb- , later known by her married name patricia down , was an australian backstroke swimmer who competed in the 1936 summer olympics in berlin , germany .
in 1936 she was eliminated in the semi-finals of the 100-metre backstroke .
at the 1938 empire games she won the gold medal in the 110-yard backstroke competition .
she also won a silver medal with the australian team in the 4 × 110-yard freestyle relay contest and a bronze medal in the 3 × 110-yard medley relay event .
