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She was one of the fastest 12 year old swimmers in
the world with a personal best of 28.3 seconds for
50m freestyle and just three years later she won her
first international medals - two gold and two silver
at the Canada Cup in Alberta. |
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Swimming Coach Harry Gallagher told Lisa to get her
teeth straightened as he forecast great things for
this swimming sensation…. and great things she
has achieved, succeeding in both sport and business. |
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Lisa Curry is the proud holder of 30 medals in international
competitions. The three times Olympic and multiple
Commonwealth Games contender has a total count of
15 Gold, 7 Silver and 8 Bronze International medals. |
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Her collection of world rankings started at the young
age of 15, when she was ranked number of five in the
world, for the 100m breaststroke. Then, from 1977
through 1992, Lisa went on to win 15 National Long
Course Open Titles. |
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She has competed in two world championships, one
in Berlin (1978) and the other in Guayaquil, Equador
(1982). |
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Success was also experienced in three Commonwealth
Games including 1978 in Edmonton where she won Silver,
1982 in her home city of Brisbane winning 3 Gold and
1 Bronze; and at the 1990 Auckland Games, where as
a mother, aged 27, she won 4 Gold and 1 Silver. |
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As an
Olympian, Lisa represented Australia in Moscow (1980), Los
Angeles (1984) and at age 30, and mother of two children
she swam at the Barcelona Games (1992), swimming best times
and ranking her 9th in the world. She describes her Barcelona
experience as the ‘greatest event ever’. |
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Lisa Curry is the only Australian swimmer to have held
Commonwealth and Australian records in such a variety of
events, from 50m to 400m, and in every stroke except backstroke.
She has been in the top 25 in the world since she started
participating in international events. |
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Today, Lisa, continues her sporting pursuits. Competing
in six Molokai to Oahu World Championship Outrigger Canoe
events her team has met with success. In 1991 her team was
placed 4th, 13th in 1992, 3rd in 1994, 2nd in 1996 and in
1997 the team won the race, becoming the first Australian
team to win the World Championship. Then, in 1998, they
returned to Hawaii and successfully defended their World
Championship Title. On a local level she has coached the
Panamuna Outrigger Canoe Club for the past ten years. |
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In 1996 Lisa took up another sport. This time, Surf Boat
rowing, and after only five months of learning and training
her team, won the State Surf Life Saving Championship. |
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