Denise Spencer Explained

Denise Spencer
Fullname:	Denise Dowling Henderson
Nationality:	Australian
Strokes:	Freestyle
Birth Name:	Denise Dowling Spencer
Birth Date:	9 September 1929
Birth Place:	Roma, Queensland, Australia
Death Place:	Tugun, Queensland, Australia

Denise Dowling Henderson (;^{[1] [2]} 9 September 1929 – 6 September 1998) was an Australian freestyle swimmer. She competed in two events at the 1948 Summer Olympics.^[3]

Henderson was born in the Queensland town of Roma in 1929, and until the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro was the only Olympic athlete from the town.^[4] In 1948, Roma Town Council named a street Spencer Street in her honour, being the location of the swimming baths where she learned to swim.^[5] In September 1950, she married stock manager and auctioneer George Henderson.^[6]

Henderson died on 6 September 1998 at John Flynn Hospital in Tugun on the Gold Coast.^[7]

Notes and References

1. News: DENISE NOW MRS. . . 4305 . Queensland, Australia . 13 September 1950 . 2 September 2017 . 3 . National Library of Australia.
2. Web site: Maranoa Sporting Wall of Fame. Maranoa Regional Council. 2 September 2017. 4 September 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170904060250/http://www.maranoa.qld.gov.au/wall-of-fame. dead.
3. Denise Spencer Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418102826/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sp/denise-spencer-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 20 September 2016.
4. News: Gillespie. Tom. Remembering Roma's first Olympian, Denise Spencer. 2 September 2017. Northern Star. 4 August 2016. en.
5. News: FOUR ROMA STREETS RENAMED . . 6281 . Queensland, Australia . 29 October 1948 . 2 September 2017 . 1 . National Library of Australia.
6. News: RECORD CROWD WATCHES DENISE WED GEORGE . . 82 . Queensland, Australia . 12 September 1950 . 2 September 2017 . 1 . National Library of Australia.
7. Death Notice: Henderson, Denise Dowling, Gold Coast Bulletin, 9 September 1998.