John Konrads

Swimmer, Olympic athlete

1942 –

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Who is John Konrads?

John Konrads is an retired Australian freestyle swimmer of the 1950s and 1960s, who won the 1500 m freestyle at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. In his career, he set 26 individual world records, and after his swimming career ended, was the Australasian director of L'Oréal, as well as campaigning for the Sydney Olympics bid. Along with his sister Ilsa Konrads, who also set multiple world records, they were known as the Konrad Kids.

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Born
May 21, 1942
Riga
Nationality
  • Australia
Profession
Education
  • University of Southern California
Lived in
  • New South Wales
  • Riga
  • Sydney

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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