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Australian swimming legend John Konrads dies at 78

FShareTTweetQSMSWWhatsAppBEmailGJTumblrLLinkedIn2 hours ago Australian swimming legend John Konrads has died in Brisbane at the age of 78. His brilliant, but relatively brief career saw him set 26 individual freestyle world records, at distances ranging from 200m to 1500m, and he won the gold medal in the 1500m freestyle at the 1960 Rome Olympics. At the age of 15, Konrads set an incredible six world records in eight days at the 1958 national championships, and he went on to win two individual and one relay gold medal at that year s British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Wales. Born in Latvia, Konrads and his family emigrated to Australia in 1949, initially being placed in a migrant camp in Maitland, in New South Wales.

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Swimming: Australian swimming mourns former Olympic champion John Konrads

Swimming: Australian swimming mourns former Olympic champion John Konrads By Syndicated Content Apr 25, 2021 11:54 PM MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Australian swimming was in mourning on Monday after the death of Olympic gold medallist John Konrads at the age of 78. Latvia-born Konrads, who learned to swim at a migrants camp in rural New South Wales state, won the 1,500m freestyle gold at the 1960 Rome Olympics and set a raft of world records as a teenager in the late 1950s. Along with sister Ilsa, who won a freestyle relay silver at Rome, the two were known as the “Konrads Kids”. “As a swimming sensation in the 1950’s and 60’s, John Konrads dominated the world swimming scene, breaking every freestyle world record between 200m – 1,500m by the time he was 15,” Sport Australia Hall of Fame chairman John Bertrand said in a statement.

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AOC PAYS TRIBUTE TO OLYMPIC SWIMMING GREAT JOHN KONRADS

AOC PAYS TRIBUTE TO OLYMPIC SWIMMING GREAT JOHN KONRADS 04/26/21 The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) has paid tribute to the late John Konrads, Olympic gold medallist from the Rome 1960 Games, who passed away yesterday aged 78. In a career that saw him set 26 world records in the pool between 200m and 1500m, his signature moment came in the 1500m freestyle in Rome where he won gold, as well as claiming bronze in the 400m freestyle and bronze as a member of the 4 x 200 freestyle relay team with Murray Rose, John Devitt and David Dickson. AOC President John Coates says the story of the ‘Konrads Kids’, John and his sister Ilsa, is an inspirational example of opportunity meeting talent and determination.

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Australian Swimming Legend John Konrads Dies at The Age of 78

Australian Swimming Legend John Konrads Dies at The Age of 78
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