Swimmers at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games - John Konrads, Anita Lonsbrough, Ilsa Konrads, Ian Black, Lorraine Crapp (Paperback)

Chapters: John Konrads, Anita Lonsbrough, Ilsa Konrads, Ian Black, Lorraine Crapp, John Brockway, Philippa Gould, Tessa Staveley. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 30. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: John Konrads (Latvian: born 21 May 1942 in Riga, Latvia) 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'Oreal, as well as campaigning for the Sydney Olympics bid. Along with his sister Ilsa Konrads, who also set multiple world records, they were known as the Konrad Kids. Public Memorial to Uranquinty's link with World War II refugees - Olympic Swimmers John Konrads & Ilsa Konrads are in the bottom left cornerBorn in Riga, Latvia, Konrads emigrated with his parents Janis and Elza, grandmother, elder sister Eve and younger sister Ilsa in August 1944, initially staying in Germany. This came after occupation of Latvia by German troops during the Second World War and then re-occupation by Soviet troops. Living in Germany until 1949, their application to immigrate to the United States was refused on account of the large size of the family. Instead, Australia accepted them. They were first located at Greta migrants' camp near Maitland and then were relocated to a camp at Uranquinty, in rural western New South Wales, at what had been a base for the Royal Australian Air Force. There his father Janis taught the children to swim, fearing that they could drown in the many watering holes and dams in the camp. After spending four weeks in hospital due to a polio contraction, Konrads swam therapeutically to rebuild strength. His father Janis secured a job in Sydney as a dentist, and the family settled fir...http: //booksllc.net/?id=5150396