02 September,2009 08:17 AM IST | | Agencies
Elderly Olympic swimming great Dawn Fraser fought off an intruder who threatened to kill her by kicking him in the groin with her titanium knee, she has said.
The 72-year-old Australian swimming legend said she "lost it" when she confronted two youths when they entered her daughter's home in Queensland last Friday.
Fraser, who became a global sensation aged 19 when she shattered the world record to win gold in the 100 metres freestyle at the 1956 Olympics, said she snapped when one of the youths threatened her.
"Out came this guy who grabbed my throat and said 'I will kill you', and with that I grabbed him around the ear and hair and kneed him in the groin," she said.
