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John Konrads

1942 - 2021

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Konrads has received more than 116,070 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). John Konrads is the 207th most popular swimmer (down from 96th in 2019), the 216th most popular biography from Latvia (down from 176th in 2019) and the most popular Latvian Swimmer.

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  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.33

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, John Konrads ranks 207 out of 709. Before him are Katinka Hosszú, Sun Yang, Claudia Poll, Dana Vollmer, Jane Barkman, and Allison Schmitt. After him are Tamás Darnyi, Andrea Gyarmati, Lillian Watson, Brad Cooper, Matt Vogel, and Louis Handley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, John Konrads ranks 697. Before him are Gerry Ashworth, Ute Bock, Walter Lini, Amarinder Singh, Bob Kasten, and Julie Sommars. After him are Betsey Johnson, Ruben Kun, Suzanne Cory, Jan Wienese, Ian Hancock, and Joy Behar. Among people deceased in 2021, John Konrads ranks 665. Before him are David Khakhaleishvili, Pornsak Songsaeng, Lars-Göran Petrov, Ruthie Tompson, Padma Sachdev, and Sylvain Sylvain. After him are Peter Scolari, Keshav Dutt, Storrs L. Olson, Jackie Mason, Terry Cooper, and Theuns Jordaan.

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In Latvia

Among people born in Latvia, John Konrads ranks 216 out of 323. Before him are Ivans Klementjevs (1960), Jeļena Ostapenko (1997), Vera Zozulya (1956), Igors Miglinieks (1964), Artūrs Irbe (1967), and DJ Lethal (1972). After him are Kārlis Skrastiņš (1974), Andrejs Rubins (1978), Intars Busulis (1978), Alexander Yegorov (null), Artjoms Rudņevs (1988), and Kristine Opolais (1979).

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Among SWIMMERS In Latvia

Among swimmers born in Latvia, John Konrads ranks 1. After him are Artsiom Machekin (1991), Daniils Bobrovs (1997), and David Thomasberger (1996).

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