Frank Beaurepaire
Swimmer, Olympic athlete
1891 – 1956
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Who was Frank Beaurepaire?
Sir Francis "Frank" Joseph Edmund Beaurepaire was an Australian distance freestyle swimmer from the 1900s to the 1920s, who won three silver and three bronze medals, from the 1908 Summer Olympics in London to the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, setting 15 world records.
He was also a decorated politician and businessman, serving for ten years in the Victorian Legislative Council and as Lord Mayor of Melbourne and building a multi-million dollar tyre business empire, Beaurepaires and Olympic Tyres.
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- Born
- May 13, 1891
Melbourne - Also known as
- Frank de Beaurepaire
- Nationality
- Australia
- Profession
- Education
- Wesley College
- Died
- May 29, 1956
Melbourne
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on July 23, 2013
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