Doris Thompson was the first female swimmer from Queensland to compete at the Olympic Games. She contested the heats and semi-finals of the women’s 200 metres breaststroke at Amsterdam 1928.
She later married Reg Grier, a multi-Australian swimming champion in the late 1920s. Their daughter Jann Grier won a bronze medal in the 3 x 110 yards medley relay at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games at Vancouver, Canada.
The Australian Olympic Committee acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of this nation.
We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of all the lands on which we are located. We pay our respects to ancestors and Elders, past and present.
We celebrate and honour all of our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Olympians.
The Australian Olympic Committee is committed to honouring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ unique cultural and spiritual relationships to the land, waters and seas and their rich contribution to society and sport.
