Several New Zealand athletes competed – and
won medals – as part of ‘Australasian' teams at the 1908 and 1912 Olympics. This country's first official team competed at Antwerp in 1920.
Violet Walrond was New Zealand's first female Olympian. She was only 14 when selected and 15 when she swam at the 1920 Antwerp Games. Standing 1.6 me tall, she weighed just 48.5
kg.
