Olympic gold medallist dominated sport during 1950s and 1960s
Konrads inducted into Sport Australiaâs Hall of Fame in 1985
John Konrads, with fellow Australian Murray Rose and George Breen of US, after winning the 1500m at the Rome Games in 1960. Photograph: Getty Images
John Konrads, with fellow Australian Murray Rose and George Breen of US, after winning the 1500m at the Rome Games in 1960. Photograph: Getty Images
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John Konrads, one of Australiaâs greatest swimmers during a golden age for the sport, has died.
Konrads dominated world swimming as a teenager in the late 1950s and early 1960s, winning the 1500m freestyle at the 1960 Rome Olympics among a haul of three medals at the Games.
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Zoe Coombs Marr: âStop doing it, straight people, youâre so weirdâ
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Every comedian may walk a tightrope between being bathed in a balmy wave of laughter and being flattened by the cold rock face of eviscerating silence. But Zoe Coombs Marr does
it while having to balance a seal, metaphorically, on her nose.
âIâd love to be able to just make jokes and be funny but I canât,â she says, âbecause Iâve got like a whole community of people that Iâm part of and representing, and I donât want to get laughs onstage and then have someone beat me up because they hate queers, because Iâve contributed to that.â