{{Short description|Australian swimmer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}} {{Use Australian English|date=January 2012}} {{Infobox swimmer | name = Lynne Watson | image = <!-- Only free-content images are allowed for depicting living people -- see WP:NONFREE. --> | image_size = <!-- Only for images narrower than 220 pixels --> | alt = | caption = | fullname = Lynette Pamella Watson | nicknames = "Lynne" | national_team = Australia | strokes = Backstroke, freestyle | club = | coach = | collegeteam = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1952|11|22|df=y}} | birth_place = Perth, Western Australia | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{convert|1.72|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|60|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}} | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Women's swimming}} {{MedalCountry | {{AUS}}}} {{MedalOlympics}} {{MedalSilver | 1968 Mexico City | 4×100 m medley}} {{MedalCompetition | British Commonwealth Games}} {{MedalGold | 1970 Edinburgh | 100 m backstroke}} {{MedalGold | 1970 Edinburgh | 200 m backstroke}} {{MedalGold | 1970 Edinburgh | 4×100 m freestyle}} {{MedalGold | 1970 Edinburgh | 4×100 m medley}} {{MedalSilver | 1970 Edinburgh | 100 m freestyle}} }}
'''Lynnette Pamela Watson''' (born 22 November 1952), known after marriage as '''Lynne Bates''', is an Australian backstroke swimmer of the 1960s, who won a silver medal in the 4×100-metre medley relay at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, narrowly missing two more medals.
Coming from Western Australia, Watson combined with Janet Steinbeck, Lyn McClements and Judy Playfair to register a silver medal in the 4×100-metre medley relay, trailing the Americans home by 1.7 seconds. Competing in the individual 100-metre freestyle, Watson was eliminated in the semifinals. She placed sixth and fourth in the 100-metre and 200-metre backstroke respectively. She also finished fourth as part of the 4×100-metre freestyle relay team. Two years later at the 1970 Commonwealth Games, Watson won four gold medals in both backstroke events and in the 4×100-metre freestyle and medley relays, as well as a silver in the 100-metre freestyle. She later became a team administrator for Australia at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.
==See also== * List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women) * List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (women)
==References== {{cite book | last = Andrews | first = Malcolm | year = 2000 | title = Australia at the Olympic Games|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |isbn=0-7333-0884-8 |page=453}} {{Footer Commonwealth Champions 100m Backstroke Women}} {{Footer Commonwealth Champions 200m Backstroke Women}} {{Footer Commonwealth Champions 4x100m Freestyle Women}} {{Footer Commonwealth Champions 4x100m Medley Women}} {{Authority control}}
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