# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joan-harrison
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:00:53.938Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joan-harrison"
name: "Joan Harrison"
slug: "joan-harrison"
description: "Joan Cynthia Harrison was a South African swimmer who won the 100 metres backstroke event at the 1952 Olympics. Harrison was born in 1935 in East London, South Africa. After setting multiple national records and winning multiple national titles at 13 years old, the year later, she won the 440-yard freestyle event at the 1950 British Empire Games. She then won gold in the 100 metres backstroke event at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics, making her the first South African swimmer to win Olympic gold. Harrison then won multiple medals, including two golds, at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games. She retired from international competitive swimming in 1956 at 22 years old."
tagline: "South African swimmer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joan_Harrison_1950.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
birthDate: "1935-11-29"
deathDate: "2025-05-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.62
  momentum:             19.88349206349206
  historical:           18.14427733333333
  currentAttention:     5.760000000000001
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  248
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "琼·哈里森"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Harrison_(uimari)"
    title: "Joan Harrison (uimari)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "جوان هاريسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Harrison_(Schwimmerin)"
    title: "Joan Harrison (Schwimmerin)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Harrison_(swimmer)"
    title: "Joan Harrison (swimmer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Harrison_(nadadora)"
    title: "Joan Harrison (nadadora)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Harrison"
    title: "Joan Harrison"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%87%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_(%D8%B4%D9%86%D8%A7%DA%AF%D8%B1)"
    title: "جوان هریسون (شناگر)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Harrison_(natation)"
    title: "Joan Harrison (natation)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92'%D7%95%D7%90%D7%9F_%D7%94%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%9F_(%D7%A9%D7%97%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%AA)"
    title: "ג'ואן הריסון (שחיינית)"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Harrison_(swimmer)"
    title: "Joan Harrison (swimmer)"
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  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Harrison_(nuotatrice)"
    title: "Joan Harrison (nuotatrice)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Harrison_(zwemster)"
    title: "Joan Harrison (zwemster)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Harrison"
    title: "Joan Harrison"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Harrison_(p%C5%82ywaczka)"
    title: "Joan Harrison (pływaczka)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Harrison"
    title: "Joan Harrison"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Harrison"
    title: "Joan Harrison"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%B0%D0%BD_(%D0%BF%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%87%D0%B8%D1%85%D0%B0)"
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  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Harrison_(simmare)"
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    title: "Джоан Гаррісон (плавчиня)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Harrison_(sviman)"
    title: "Joan Harrison (sviman)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q468353"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump