About Denise Spencer
Lived 1929 – 1998 (aged 68). Denise Spencer was an Australian swimmer.
Denise Dowling Henderson (; 9 September 1929 – 6 September 1998) was an Australian freestyle swimmer. She competed in two events at the 1948 Summer Olympics.
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. 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. In September 1950, she married stock manager and auctioneer George Henderson.
Henderson died on 6 September 1998 at John Flynn Hospital in Tugun on the Gold Coast.
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Who was Denise Spencer?
Australian swimmer
When was Denise Spencer born?
Denise Spencer was born on 9 September 1929 in Roma.
When did Denise Spencer die?
Denise Spencer died on 6 September 1998 in Tugun.
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Denise Spencer was a swimmer.
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Denise Spencer was Australian.
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