Career
She was New Zealand"s first female Olympic athlete and at 15 years 178 days the youngest swimming competitor at the 1920 Olympics. Walrond competed in two events at the Olympics. In the 100 metre freestyle race she came 5th in the final (untimed) after placing 3rd in her heat in a time of 1:21.4.
In the 300 metre freestyle race she came 7th (although New Zealand newspapers said she was 6th, and some publications said she did not start due to illness) in the final (untimed) after finishing second in her heat in 5:04.6.
This is the only Olympics to have a 300 metres women"s freestyle race as it was replaced in 1924 by the 400 metres freestyle. She used the crawl style.
He accompanied her to the Olympics as chaperone and unofficial team trainer. He also forbade them from cutting their long hair short.
