Edith Robinson

Edith (Edie) Frances Robinson (26 February 1906 – 7 October 2000) was the first Australian female track and field athlete to compete at an Olympic Games.

[1][2] Though Robinson had never before competed in an 800m race, she was urged to run by her male Olympic colleagues.

[3] During the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, as Australia's oldest living Olympian,[3] Robinson was awarded the honour of officially opening the Olympic Village.

[1] She died on 7 October 2000, six days after the end of the Games .

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