Lyn Bell

Lynette "Lyn" Bell (born 24 January 1947), also known by her married name Lynette Chipchase, was an Australian freestyle swimmer of the 1960s, who won the silver medal in the 4x100-metre freestyle relay at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

Lyn Bell

Personal information
Full name	Lynette Bell
Nickname(s)	"Lyn"
National team	Australia
Born	(1947-01-24) 24 January 1947 New South Wales
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
Medal record Women's swimming Representing Australia Olympic Games 1964 Tokyo 4×100 m freestyle British Empire and Commonwealth Games 1962 Perth 4×110 yd freestyle 1966 Kingston 110 yd freestyle 1966 Kingston 4×110 yd freestyle 1966 Kingston 4×110 yd medley

Coming from New South Wales, Bell spent the majority of her career in the shadow of fellow Australian Dawn Fraser. Making her debut in the 1962 Commonwealth Games in Perth, Bell was part of the winning 4x110-yard freestyle relay team, and placed 4th in the corresponding individual event. Two years later in Tokyo, Bell was a finalist in the 100-metre freestyle, won by Fraser. She combined with Fraser, Robyn Thorn and Janice Murphy to finish second, 3.1 seconds behind the United States team. At the 1966 Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica, she collected a silver in the 100-yard freestyle, as well as silver and bronze in the freestyle and medley relays respectively. Bell competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, reaching the semifinal and final of the 100-metre and 200-metre freestyle events respectively. She finished fourth as part of the freestyle relay.

See also

• List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)

References

• Andrews, Malcolm (2000). Australia at the Olympic Games. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. pp. 44–45. ISBN 0-7333-0884-8.
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Lyn Bell". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.