Denise Norton

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Denise Norton (born 7 August 1930) was the first South Australian to represent Australia at an Olympic or Commonwealth Games.

Norton won gold as part of the 4 x 110 yard Freestyle relay and bronze in the 440 yard Freestyle for the 1950 British Empire Games and was subsequently selected in the Australian Olympic team for Helsinki in 1952, where she competed in the 100 and 400 metre freestyle events.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418114106/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/no/denise-norton-1.html Denise Norton at Sports Reference]{{Cite web|title=Denise Wangel|url=https://www.olympics.com.au/olympians/denise-wangel/|access-date=2021-06-04|website=Australian Olympic Committee|language=en-AU}}

She was the first inductee into SwimmingSA's Hall of Fame.{{cite web|url=http://www.swimmingsa.org.au/customdata/index.cfm?fuseaction%3DCustomItem%26ItemID%3D51002 |title=Swimming SA |accessdate=2013-03-22 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130320050820/http://www.swimmingsa.org.au/customdata/index.cfm?fuseaction=CustomItem&ItemID=51002 |archivedate=20 March 2013 }} During her career she broke numerous Australian records.{{Cite web|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article50198838|title=Norton May Break Swimming Records|newspaper=Advertiser (Adelaide, Sa : 1931 – 1954)|date=17 February 1950|page=8}}

Park 2 in the Adelaide Park Lands has been named after her.[https://adelaideparklands.com.au/parks-and-squares/denise-norton-park-pardipardinyilla/ Denise Norton Park / Pardipardinyilla (Park 2)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180328051351/https://www.adelaideparklands.com.au/parks-and-squares/denise-norton-park-pardipardinyilla |date=28 March 2018 }}, adelaideparklands.com.au