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'''Dolly Nazir''' ([[Married and maiden names|nee]] Byramji, born 1935) is an Indian former [[Swimming (sport)|swimmer]]. She competed in [[Swimming at the 1952 Summer Olympics|two events]] at the [[1952 Summer Olympics]].<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/na/dolly-nazir-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418112003/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/na/dolly-nazir-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Dolly Nazir Olympic Results |access-date=29 September 2016}}</ref><br />
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Nazir won Long Distance Open Sea Championships in Bombay in 1948 at the age of 13 and repeated the win the next year.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/dli.granth.13275/page/5/mode/1up ''Dolly Nazir Repeats Last Year's Success'', Bombay Chronicle, 5 December 1949]</ref> In November 1950, she bettered the national record for 100 meters backstroke by more than three seconds while winning the All India Swimming Championships.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/dli.granth.12007/page/5/mode/1up ''Dolly Nazir Shatters National Record'', Bombay Chronicle, 13 November 1950] </ref><br />
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She married horse breeder and trainer [[Rashid Byramji]] in 1965 and moved to [[Bengaluru|Bangalore]].<ref>[https://www.deccanherald.com/content/626609/leaving-behind-rich-legacy.html ''Leaving Behind Rich Legacy'', Deccan Chronicle, 5 August, 2017]</ref><br />
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