Lisa Marie Forrest (born 9 March 1964)
Sports Reference.com, Retrieved 14 October 2011. is an Australian

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dual gold medalist in swimming. After retiring from competitive swimming she was a sports commentator, actor, reporter, writer,"Former Olympic Swimmer/TV Host/Actor/Author Lisa Forrest"
www.det.nsw.edu.au Retrieved 22 February 2014 and media personality. She is married to Jesse Todd and has one son; Dexter Todd. Forrest appeared on the television talk show ''

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'' and numerous other television shows, and is a 'celebrity' speaker.Lisa Forrest
celebrityspeakers.com, Retrieved 22 February 2014. She is managed by Wall Media media management.
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Sporting career

Forrest trained with prominent coach

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and later with

Terry Gathercole Terrence Stephen Gathercole (25 November 1935 – 30 May 2001), was an Australian breaststroke swimmer of the 1950s and 1960s, who won a silver medal in the 4x100-metre medley relay at the 1960 Summer Olympics. He later became a swimming co ...

Commonwealth Games

* 1978 silver medal, 200 m backstroke,

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, Edmonton * 1982 gold medal, 100 m backstroke,

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, Brisbane * 1982 gold medal, 200 m backstroke,

, Brisbane

Olympic Games

At age 16 Forrest was the captain of the Australian swimming team at the

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. She was a finalist in the women's 4x100-metre medley relay in

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in Moscow."Northern Beaches Sporting Hall of Fame"

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. Retrieved 21 June 2011

Writing

Forrest released her first novel, ''Making The Most Of It'', in 2000. A work of fiction, it deals with the sport related problems of eating disorders, drugs, being a sporting celebrity, failure, self-esteem, and relationships. It was added to the recommended reading list for years 7–10 by the

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. She continued with fictional works: in 2002 ''djmAx''; and in 2004 ''Meg Banana'', an illustrated novel. In 2008 she published ''Boycott'', a factual work of the story behind Australia's involvement in the

1980 Moscow Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...

.Mike Safe (10 March 2008
"I just wanted to swim"

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. In 2013 she published ''Inheritance'', another fictional work.

Honours

Forrest received an

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on 30 July 2000. In 2001, she was inducted into the Northern Beaches Sporting Hall of Fame."Northern Beaches Sporting Hall of Fame"

. Retrieved 22 February 2014

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Forrest, Lisa 1964 births Living people Olympic swimmers of Australia Australian female backstroke swimmers Swimmers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia Swimmers at the 1982 Commonwealth Games Swimmers at the 1978 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming