Person in history
Faith Leech
Faith Leech, Australian swimmer (born 1941)
Life at a glance
- Died
- 2013 · September 14
Their story
Who they were
Faith Leech, Australian swimmer (born 1941)
Early life
Leech was born in 1941 in Australia. She developed her swimming skills during her youth in the post-war era when competitive swimming was growing in popularity across the country.
Path and career
Leech competed at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, where she contributed to Australia's gold medal in the women's 4×100 metre freestyle relay. This was a significant achievement during the early years of women's Olympic swimming competition.
Why this date
Faith Leech appears on our September 14 calendar for 2013 as a death entry.
Sources
Cite this page
“Faith Leech”, What's On This Date, https://whatsonthisdate.com/app/people/faith-leech, accessed October 24, 2026.
Cite the underlying source as well — the source links above go to the record this entry is adapted from.
Questions about Faith Leech
When did Faith Leech die?
September 14 2013.
Who else was born on this day?
The date page lists everyone we hold for that calendar day.
Text adapted from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0 and from Wikidata (CC0). Images come from Wikimedia Commons; credit and licence are shown with each image. Editorial entries are © What's On This Date. Sources & licensing · How this site works.