Janet May Steinbeck (born 27 February 1951), also known by her married name Janet Murray, was an Australian competitive

swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...

of the 1960s who raced internationally in the

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and Commonwealth Games, winning two silver medals as a member of Australian relay teams. Steinbeck was primarily a

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swimmer. As a 15-year-old at the

1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games The 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games were held in Kingston, Jamaica, from 4 to 13 August 1966. This was the first time that the Games had been held outside the so-called White Dominions. The event was followed by the 1966 Commonweal ...

in Kingston, Jamaica, Steinbeck won a silver medal in the women's 4×110-yard freestyle relay. Swimming the first leg of the four-swimmer relay, she combined with teammates Janice Murphy, Lynette Bell and Marion Smith for a time of 4:11.1, three tenths of a second behind the world-record-setting Canadians, and two tenths ahead of the third-place English team. She also swam in the individual 220-yard backstroke, coming eighth in the event final.Graham Groom,
The Complete Book of the Commonwealth Games
', Lulu Press, Inc., Raleigh, North Carolina (US), pp. 507 & 530 (2014). At the

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in Mexico City, Steinbeck won a silver medal as a member of the second-place Australian women's team in the 4×100-metre medley relay. She combined with

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Lyn McClements Lynette Velma McClements (born 11 May 1951), also known by her married name Lyn McKenzie, is an Australian butterfly swimmer of the 1960s and 1970s who won a gold medal in the 100-metre butterfly at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. Com ...

and

Judy Playfair Judith White Playfair (born 14 September 1953) is an Australian breaststroke swimmer of the 1960s, who won a silver medal in the 4×100-metre medley relay at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. Swimming career Playfair was born in Rose B ...

to register a silver medal in the 4×100-metre medley relay, trailing the Americans home by 1.7 seconds. However, it was in Steinbeck's freestyle anchor leg that American Susan Pedersen's used her 59.4-second individual split to solidify the Americans' 1.7-second margin of victory. She was also part of the Australian team that came fourth in the women's 4×100-metre freestyle relay. Individually, she competed in the semifinals of the

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, and the preliminary heats of the 200-metre freestyle.

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* * 1951 births Living people Australian female freestyle swimmers Australian people of German descent Olympic swimmers for Australia Sportswomen from Queensland Swimmers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Australia Olympic silver medalists in swimming Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games silver medallists in swimming Swimmers at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games 20th-century Australian sportswomen {{Australia-swimming-bio-stub

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