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72-year-old Subdues Attacker

By Miss Cellania in Crime & Law, Sports on Sep 1, 2009 at 10:11 am


72-year-old Dawn Fraser confronted two teenage home intruders at her daughter’s home in Noosaville, Australia. One attacked her, thinking a little old lady wouldn’t resist much. What he didn’t realize was that Frazer has always been a tough lady.

“Out came this guy who then grabbed me around the throat and said ‘I will kill you’, and with that I grabbed him around the ear and hair and kneed him in the groin,” she told Channel Seven television late Monday.

“I was threatened by the way he spoke to me and I’d never been spoken to like what he called me … I think I lost it. I have got a titanium knee so it must have hurt him,” she said.

The two youths were referred to child services. Fraser {wiki} won eight Olympic medals for swimming in 1956, 1960, and 1964, including four gold medals for Australia. Link


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  1. Taylor
    Sep 1st, 2009 at 11:19 am

    I heard about this yesterday while streaming Aussie radio station Triple J and was just stoked to hear that dear old Dawn can still kick some arse! Good for you, Dawn!

  2. dragonmamma/naomi
    Sep 1st, 2009 at 11:24 am

    I love stories like this! Let's hear it for tough old broads!

  3. Neil
    Sep 1st, 2009 at 12:10 pm

    Home-invasion robberies (and many other violent crimes) skyrocketed in Australia when all firearms were banned. Home-invasion gangs (overwhelmingly Asian and Middle Eastern immigrants) know that only their fellow criminals have firearms. This woman was lucky. Her attackers were weak and young. Also, not all 72yo women are former Olympic athletes (nor lesbians with the bodies and attitudes of 72yo men).

  4. dooflotchie
    Sep 1st, 2009 at 1:49 pm

    Hahahahaaaa...good job, granny! *golf clap*

    Look out for the bionic knee!

  5. Damien
    Sep 1st, 2009 at 3:51 pm

    Dawn Fraser has always had a no-nonsense attitude and a wonderful sense of humour, which is why she's a much-loved champion in the Olympics and since retiring from swimming.

    Neil @3, on the other hand, speaks from a position of ignorance with regard to crime and gun control in Australia. I'm astonished and saddened that his trolling also stooped to racism, sexism and homophobia.

  6. Larfin Jackarse
    Sep 1st, 2009 at 4:46 pm

    @Neil
    You are out of touch with the tabloids. You forgot to mention the Somali gangs and clueless taxi drivers.

  7. Clifford
    Sep 1st, 2009 at 5:58 pm

    Thanks Neil for taking this story and dragging it into the sewer.

    Shmuck.

  8. FishBottleT
    Sep 2nd, 2009 at 12:15 pm

    I think she probably had some fight experience before...or mabey just kids!

  9. candiedbug
    Sep 2nd, 2009 at 2:55 pm

    She's a lesbian? Wow, I'm going to have to send her some flowers. Or some powertools at least. You go granny!!!

  10. Katja
    Sep 11th, 2009 at 11:32 am

    Way to go, Granddam! My whole family got a kick out of this.

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