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Until the 1980s, women were mostly relegated to a minor role in the blokey world of surf lifesaving, with clubhouse change rooms for women often a fraction the size of those for the men who vastly outnumbered them.
Even 12 years ago, when Hannah Tzimokas, joined the Woolamai Beach Surf Life Saving Club, the masculine atmosphere was clear.
Hannah Tzimokas has risen through the ranks at Life Saving Victoria and last year won a prestigious award.
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âI never felt shut out or unwelcome, but it was very obvious it was a male-dominated sport,â she says.
But Ms Tzimokas, Victoriaâs 2020 lifeguard of the year, says that since then, there has been a âpretty remarkableâ change.
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