Dolly Nazir Explained

Dolly Nazir
Fullname:Dolly Rustom Nazir
Nationality:Indian
Birth Place:Bombay, British Raj
Death Place:Bangalore, India

Dolly Rustom Nazir nee Byramji (1935–2012) was an Indian swimmer. She competed in two events at the 1952 Summer Olympics.[1]

Nazir won Long Distance Open Sea Championships in Bombay in 1948 at the age of 13 and repeated the win the next year.[2] In November 1950, she bettered the national record for 100 meters backstroke by more than three seconds while winning the All India Swimming Championships.[3]

She married horse breeder and trainer Rashid Byramji in 1965 and moved to Bangalore.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Dolly Nazir Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418112003/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/na/dolly-nazir-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 29 September 2016.
  2. https://archive.org/details/dli.granth.13275/page/5/mode/1up Dolly Nazir Repeats Last Year's Success, Bombay Chronicle, 5 December 1949
  3. https://archive.org/details/dli.granth.12007/page/5/mode/1up Dolly Nazir Shatters National Record, Bombay Chronicle, 13 November 1950
  4. https://www.deccanherald.com/content/626609/leaving-behind-rich-legacy.html Leaving Behind A Rich Legacy, Sidney Kiran | Deccan Herald, 5 August, 2017