Frank Beaurepaire

Francis Joseph Edmund Beaurepaire
66th Lord Mayor of Melbourne
In office
1940–1942
Preceded byArthur Coles
Succeeded bySir Thomas Sydney Nettlefold
Personal details
Born(1891-05-13)13 May 1891
Melbourne, Australia
Died29 May 1956(1956-05-29) (aged 65)
Frank Beaurepaire
Medal record
Representing Australasia
Men's swimming
Silver medal – second place 1908 London 400m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 1908 London 1500 m freestyle
Representing  Australia
Silver medal – second place 1920 Antwerp 4×200 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 1920 Antwerp 1500 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 1924 Paris 4×200 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 1924 Paris 1500 m freestyle

Sir Francis Joseph Edmund Beaurepaire (13 May 1891 – 29 May 1956) 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.[1]

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 multimillion-dollar tyre business empire, Beaurepaires.

  1. ^ "Frank Beaurepaire". Olympedia. Retrieved 11 April 2021.