John Konrads

John Konrads
Personal information
Birth nameJānis Konrads
Full nameJohn Konrads
National teamAustralia
Born(1942-05-21)21 May 1942
Riga, Ostland (present day Latvia)
Died25 April 2021(2021-04-25) (aged 78)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight84 kg (185 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing Australia
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1960 Rome 1500 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 1960 Rome 400 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 1960 Rome 4x200 m freestyle relay
British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 1958 Cardiff 440 yd freestyle
Gold medal – first place 1958 Cardiff 1650 yd freestyle
Gold medal – first place 1958 Cardiff 4x200 m freestyle relay

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.