John Konrads, who set 26 individual freestyle swimming world records and won an Olympic gold medal in 1960, has died, the Sport Australia Hall of Fame announced Monday. He was 78.
Konrads was born in Latvia in 1942 and moved to Australia with his parents, his two sisters, and a grandmother in 1949.
“As a swimming sensation in the 1950s and 60s, John Konrads dominated the world swimming scene, breaking every freestyle world record between 200 meters and 1,500 meters by the time he was 15,” Sport Australia Hall of Fame chairman John Bertrand said in a statement. “His career tally of 26 individual world records is an incredible record.”
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‘Let Them Swim,’ Group Petitioning Rochester Leaders to Reopen Silver Lake Pool
There’s a growing effort in Rochester to reopen Silver Lake Pool this summer.
The pool sat vacant last year. Then in September, some on Rochester City Council and the Parks Board recommended permanently closing the pool. They cited budget concerns and said the pool was old and that fewer people used it.
“Every spring, when we start up Silver Lake pool, we keep our fingers crossed that all systems will fire back up and that they will work again in the summer,” Parks and Recreation Supervisor Ben Boldt said back in September.
A group of community members recently started a petition to reopen the pool, saying the pool still has a lot of value.
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