Lily Beaurepaire

Lily Beaurepaire
Lily Beaurepaire at the 1920 Olympics
Personal information
Full nameLilian De Beaurepaire
National teamAustralia
Born(1892-09-15)15 September 1892
Albert Park, Colony of Victoria
Died24 November 1979(1979-11-24) (aged 87)
Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle

Lilian De Beaurepaire (15 September 1892 – 24 November 1979),[1] also known by her married name Lilian Clarke, was an Australian swimmer and diver. She competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in the 100-metre and 400-mete freestyle and plain high diving, but failed to reach the finals. Her brother Frank Beaurepaire was an Olympic swimmer.[2]

She was the daughter of Francis Edmund de Beaurepaire, sailor, tram-conductor, trader, and (later) hotel proprietor, and his wife Mary Edith, née Inman.[3] In 1936, she married Herbert Clarke.[4]

The Lillian Beaurepaire Memorial Swimming Pool on the Lorne foreshore was opened by Melbourne City Councillor Ian Beaurepaire CMG in December 1967. For many years she was Lorne's only lifesaver.[5]

She died on 24 November 1979 at Chesterfield Private Hospital, Geelong.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Lilian de Beaurepaire". Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Lily Beaurepaire". Olympedia. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  3. ^ Poynter, J.R. "Beaurepaire, Sir Francis Joseph (Frank) (1891–1956)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  4. ^ "Lillian de Beaurepaire". Victorian Births, Deaths and Marriages. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  5. ^ "Home » Themes » People » Sport Lillian Beaurepaire". Monument Australia website. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  6. ^ "Death notices - Lillian Clarke (Beaurepaire)". The Age. 28 November 1979.
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