Lilian De Beaurepaire (15 September 1892 – 24 November 1979), also known by her married name Lilian Clarke, was an Australian swimmer and diver. She competed at the

1920 Summer Olympics The 1920 Summer Olympics (; ; ), officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad (; ; ) and commonly known as Antwerp 1920 (; Dutch language, Dutch and German language, German: ''Antwerpen 1920''), were an international multi-sport event held i ...

in the 100-metre and 400-mete freestyle and plain high diving, but failed to reach the finals. Her brother

Frank Beaurepaire Sir Francis Joseph Edmund Beaurepaire (13 May 1891 – 29 May 1956) was an Australian distance freestyle swimmer from the 1900s to the 1920s, who won three silver and three bronze medals, from the 1908 Summer Olympics in London to the ...

was an Olympic swimmer. She was the daughter of Francis Edmund de Beaurepaire, sailor, tram-conductor, trader, and (later) hotel proprietor, and his wife Mary Edith, née Inman. In 1936, she married Herbert Clarke. 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. She died on 24 November 1979 at Chesterfield Private Hospital, Geelong.

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Lily Beaurepaire
– Olympic athlete profile at the Australian Olympic Committee

– Olympic athlete profile at Sports-Reference.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Beaurepaire, Lily 1892 births 1979 deaths Australian female divers Australian female freestyle swimmers Divers at the 1920 Summer Olympics Olympic divers for Australia Olympic swimmers for Australia Swimmers at the 1920 Summer Olympics Australian surf lifesavers 20th-century Australian sportswomen Divers from Melbourne Australian people of French descent People from Albert Park, Victoria Swimmers from Melbourne Sportswomen from Victoria (state)