Lisa Forrest

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Lisa Forrest
Personal information
Full name Lisa Marie Forrest
Nickname(s) "Lisa"
National team  Australia
Born (1964-03-09) 9 March 1964 (age 60)
Sydney, New South Wales
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Backstroke

Lisa Forrest (born 9 March 1964)[1] is an Australian Commonwealth Games dual gold medalist in swimming. After retiring from competitive swimming she was a sports commentator, actor, reporter, writer,[2] and media personality.[3] Forrest appeared on the television talk show Beauty and the Beast and numerous other television shows and is a 'celebrity' speaker.[4] Lisa is managed by Wall Media media management.[5]

Sporting career

Forrest trained with prominent coach Forbes Carlisle and later with Terry Gathercole.[6]

Commonwealth Games

1978 Silver medal, 200 m Backstroke 1978 Commonwealth Games Edmonton[2]

1982 Gold medal, 100 m Backstroke 1982 Commonwealth Games Brisbane[2]

1982 Gold medal, 200 m Backstroke 1982 Commonwealth Games Brisbane[2]

Olympic Games

At age 16 Forrest was the captain of the Australian swimming team at the 1980 Summer Olympics.[3]

She was a finalist in the Women's 4x100-metre medley relay in Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.[1][7]

Writing

Forrest released her first novel, Making The Most Of It in 2000.[8] A work of fiction, it deals with the sport related problems of: eating disorders, drugs, being a sporting celebrity, failure, self-esteem, and relationships. It was added to the recommended reading list for Years 7-10 by the NSW Board of Studies. She continued with fictional works; in 2002 djmAx,[9] in 2004 Meg Banana, an illustrated novel;[10] in 2008 Boycott,[11][12] a factual work of the story behind Australia’s involvement in the 1980 Moscow Olympics,[4][13] and in 2013 Inheritance, another fictional work.[14]

Honours

Forrest received an Australian Sports Medal on 30 July 2000.[15]

In 2001 she was inducted into the Northern Beaches Sporting Hall of Fame.[16]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lisa Forrest Biography and Olympic Results, Sports Reference.com, Retrieved 14 October 2011.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Former Olympic Swimmer/TV Host/Actor/Author Lisa Forrest". www.det.nsw.edu.au Retrieved 22 February 2014
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Lisa Forrest celebrityspeakers.com, Retrieved 22 February 2014.
  5. ↑ [1] Wallmedia
  6. ↑ Safe, Mike (10 March 2008) "I just wanted to swim", The Australian. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
  7. ↑ "Northern Beaches Sporting Hall of Fame" Pittwater Council. Retrieved 21 June 2011
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  13. ↑ Mike Safe (10 March 2008) "I just wanted to swim" The Australian.
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  16. ↑ "Northern Beaches Sporting Hall of Fame". Pittwater Council. Retrieved 22 February 2014

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