Ilsa Konrads

Ilsa Konrads
Konrads at 1960 Olympics
Personal information
Birth nameIlze Konrade
Full nameIlsa Konrads
National team Australia
Born (1944-03-29) 29 March 1944 (age 80)
Riga, Latvia
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing Australia
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1960 Rome 4×100 m freestyle relay
British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 1958 Cardiff 440 yards freestyle
Silver medal – second place 1962 Perth 440 yards freestyle

Ilsa Konrads (Latvian: Ilze Konrade; born 29 March 1944) is an Australian former freestyle swimmer of the 1950s and 1960s, who won a silver medal in the 4×100-metre freestyle relay at the 1960 Summer Olympics.[1] In her career, she set 13 individual world records, and after her swimming career ended, was the Australasian editor of Belle magazine. Along with her brother John Konrads, who also set multiple world records, and won gold in the 1500-metre freestyle, they were known as the Konrad Kids.

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