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| Birth name | Jānis Konrads | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Full name | John Konrads | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 21 May 1942 Riga, Ostland (present day Latvia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 25 April 2021 (aged 78) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 84 kg (185 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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John Konrads (Latvian: Jānis Konrads; 21 May 1942 – 25 April 2021) was an 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, who also set multiple world records, they were known as the Konrads Kids.