slumped to a near-horizontal position. Australian troops nicknamed the leaning statue "Fanny", in honour of Fanny Durack as it resembled the swimmer diving off the blocks. Death and legacy Durack died in Sydney in 1956. She was interred in Waverley Cemetery, together with her late husband Bernard Martin Gately. Fanny Durack Aquatic Centre in Petersham, Sydney, is named in her honour. She was posthumously inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame as an "Honour Swimmer" in 1967. In addition to this, she was inducted onto the Victorian Honour Roll of Women in 2001. Sarah Durack Ave at Sydney Olympic Park in Sydney, Australia is named in honour of her. In 2022, she was an inaugural inductee of the Swimming Australia Hall of Fame. Gallery Records Olympic Records 1912 gold (100m freestyle) World records 100-yard freestyle (1912 to 1921) 100-metre freestyle (1912 to 1920) 220-yard freestyle (1915 to 1921) 500-metre freestyle (1916 to 1917) mile (1914 to 1926) See also List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women) World record progression 100 metres freestyle World record progression 200 metres freestyle References Bibliography David Wallechinsky, The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics, Little, Brown and Company (1996) 1889 births 1956 deaths Olympic swimmers of Australasia Sportswomen from New South Wales Swimmers at the 1912 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Australasia Burials at Waverley Cemetery World record setters in swimming Medalists at the 1912 Summer Olympics Australian female freestyle swimmers Australian female breaststroke swimmers Olympic divers of Australasia Australian female divers Swimmers from Sydney Olympic gold medalists in swimming 19th-century Australian women 20th-century Australian women Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductees