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Name	Beverley Joy Whitfield
Born	15 June, 1954 Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
Died	20 August, 1996 (aged 42) Thirroul, New South Wales, Australia
Cause of Death	heart disease
Education *	Shellharbour Public School (NSW) (student, 1959-1965) Kiama High School (NSW) (student, 1966-1968)
Occupation or Descriptor *	swimmer (1968-1975) New South Wales, Australia Olympian (1972-1972) New South Wales, Australia youth worker (1975-1996) New South Wales, Australia
Awards	Sport Australia Hall of Fame (inductee, 1988) International Swimming Hall of Fame (inductee, 1995)
Key Events *	Olympic Games (Munich, 1972) (swimmer)
Legacies *	Beverley Whitfield Ocean Pool (Shellharbour, NSW) (eponym) Beverley Whitfield Oval (Shellharbour, NSW) (eponym) Beverley Whitfield Park (Shellharbour, NSW) (eponym)

* Dates are approximate