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{{short description|Australian swimmer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Use Australian English|date=January 2012}}
{{Infobox swimmer
| name           = Linley Frame
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| fullname       = Linley Margaret Frame
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| national_team  = {{AUS}}
| strokes        = [[Breaststroke]]
| club           = [[Melbourne Vicentre]]
| coach          = 
| collegeteam    = 
| birth_date     = {{Birth date and age|1971|11|12|df=y}}
| birth_place    = [[Melbourne, Victoria]]
| death_date     = 
| death_place    = 
| height         = {{convert|1.72|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| weight         = {{convert|72|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
| medaltemplates = 
{{MedalSport | Women's swimming}}
{{MedalCountry | Australia }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[FINA World Aquatics Championships|FINA World Championships (LC)]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1991 World Aquatics Championships|1991 Perth]] | 100 m breaststroke}}
{{MedalSilver | [[1991 World Aquatics Championships|1991 Perth]] | 200 m breaststroke}}
{{MedalSilver | [[1991 World Aquatics Championships|1991 Perth]] | 4×100 m medley}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[FINA World Championships - Short Course|World Championships (SC)]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[1993 FINA Short Course World Championships|1993 Palma]] | 100 m breaststroke}}
{{MedalBronze | [[1995 FINA Short Course World Championships|1995 Rio]] | 100 m breaststroke}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|Pan Pacific Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1991 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|1991 Edmonton]] | 100 m breaststroke}}
{{MedalSilver | [[1991 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|1991 Edmonton]] | 4×100 m medley}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[FINA World Masters Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold | 2014 Montreal | W40-44 50m breast}}
{{MedalGold | 2014 Montreal | W40-44 100m breast}}
{{MedalGold | 2014 Montreal | W40-44 200m breast}}
}}

'''Linley Margaret Frame''' (born 12 November 1971), is an Australian competitive [[swimming (sport)|swimmer]] who won a gold medal in the 100-metre breaststroke at the 1991 [[FINA World Aquatics Championships]], and represented Australia at the [[1992 Summer Olympics]] in Barcelona, coming in 15th and 19th in her breaststroke events.

At the [[Australian Institute of Sport]] (AIS) she was coached by [[Terry Gathercole]]. She was named AIS Athlete of the Year in 1991.<ref>[http://www.ausport.gov.au/ais/history/awards/athlete_of_the_year/past_winners AIS Athlete of the Year Past Winners] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326155524/http://www.ausport.gov.au/ais/history/awards/athlete_of_the_year/past_winners |date=26 March 2012 }}</ref>

In 1996, Frame retired from swimming after developing [[chronic fatigue syndrome]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://sacfs.asn.au/news/2012/05/05_03_champion_swimmer_fights_for_understanding.htm|title=Champion swimmer fights for understanding of 'the most misunderstood' disease|publisher=ME/CFS Australia (Victoria)|date=3 May 2012|accessdate=11 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Linley Frame: Olympian and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome sufferer|website=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] |url=http://www.abc.net.au/local/audio/2012/05/04/3495770.htm|accessdate=20 April 2014}}</ref>

Frame was a poolside interviewer for [[Seven Network|Channel Seven]] at the [[1996 Summer Olympics]] in Atlanta, [[2000 Summer Olympics]] in Sydney, and was a studio pundit for the [[2004 Summer Olympics]] in Athens. 

In 2009, Frame made a comeback to swimming. Competing at the [[2009 World Masters Games]], she won a gold medal in the W35-39 50m breaststroke event, beating the second-place swimmer by more than 3 seconds.<ref>{{cite web|title=Swimming - 15 October 2009 - Day 6 Results|url=http://www.sportingpulse.com/get_file.cgi?id=787036|accessdate=20 April 2014|location=p15}}</ref> Frame now holds FINA Masters World Records for the W40-44 age group in 50m breaststroke and 100m breaststroke events.<ref>[http://www.fina.org/H2O/docs/masters/wrtop10/WRLLCM.pdf FINA WORLD MASTERS RECORDS - LONG COURSE METERS AS OF DEC 31, 2013] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141106070137/http://www.fina.org/H2O/docs/masters/wrtop10/WRLLCM.pdf |date= 6 November 2014 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.fina.org/H2O/docs/masters/wrtop10/WRLSCM.pdf FINA WORLD MASTERS RECORDS - SHORT COURSE METERS AS OF DEC 31, 2013] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141106064725/http://www.fina.org/H2O/docs/masters/wrtop10/WRLSCM.pdf |date= 6 November 2014 }}</ref> She competed at the 2014 [[FINA World Masters Championships]] in Montreal, and won gold medals in the W40-44 50m, 100m and 200m breaststroke events.

{{As of|2014}}, Frame works at Swimming Victoria as Athlete and Coach Liaison Officer.<ref>{{cite web|title=Staff Profile: Linley Frame |url=http://vic.swimming.org.au/visageimages/Competitions/Championship_Events/Age_Championships/Newsletter_5_-_Wed_18_Dec_2013_-_FINAL.pdf |publisher=Swimming Victoria |accessdate=20 April 2014 |location=p2 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140228015451/http://vic.swimming.org.au/visageimages/Competitions/Championship_Events/Age_Championships/Newsletter_5_-_Wed_18_Dec_2013_-_FINAL.pdf |archivedate=28 February 2014 }}</ref> Since 2001, she has been an ambassador for Red Dust Role Models, a charity that visits remote [[Indigenous Australians|Aboriginal]] communities throughout the [[Northern Territory]] and [[Western Australia]], teaching children the importance of a healthy lifestyle and good education.<ref>[http://www.reddust.org.au/role-models/linley-frame Red Dust Role Models - Linley Frame] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304051229/http://www.reddust.org.au/role-models/linley-frame |date=4 March 2016 }}. Retrieved on 11 November 2015.</ref>

== Philanthropy  ==
Frame is a distinguished ambassador of [[The Fred Hollows Foundation]] in which she helps raise awareness for this international non-profit organization.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=27 February 2009|title=Champion Linley Frame to share winning ways at Ballarat Sportsman's Club dinner|url=https://www.thecourier.com.au/story/532343/champion-linley-frame-to-share-winning-ways-at-ballarat-sportsmans-club-dinner/|access-date=28 July 2020|website=The Courier|language=en}}</ref> The Fred Hollows Foundation educates surgeons on how to cure avoidable blindness within underserved communities and countries. Specifically, they work within the [[Aboriginal Australians|Aboriginal]] and [[Torres Strait Islanders|Torres Strait Islander]] communities of [[Indigenous Australians|Indigenous Australia]].<ref name=":0" />                                      

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160304051229/http://www.reddust.org.au/role-models/linley-frame Linley Frame at Red Dust Role Models]

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[[Category:Sportswomen from Victoria (state)]]
[[Category:Olympic swimmers for Australia]]
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[[Category:World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming]]
[[Category:Australian Institute of Sport swimmers]]
[[Category:Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)]]
[[Category:People with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome]]
[[Category:Australian female breaststroke swimmers]]
[[Category:Swimmers from Melbourne]]
[[Category:20th-century Australian sportswomen]]