About Raelene Boyle
Raelene Ann Boyle is an Australian retired athlete, who represented Australia at three Olympic Games as a sprinter, winning three silver medals, and was named one of 100 National Living Treasures by the National Trust of Australia in 1998. Boyle was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1996 and subsequently became a board member of Breast Cancer Network Australia (BCNA). In 2017, she was named a Legend in the Sport Australia Hall of Fame. At 17, she won a silver medal in the 200-metre sprint and placed 4th in the 100 metres. The 200-metre record lasted 12 years before being broken; the 100-metre 8 years. The 100-metre time stood as an Australian junior record for five and half decades until it was broken in 2025 by Leah O'Brien in Perth.
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