Frank Beaurepaire
Sir Francis "Frank" Joseph Edmund Beaurepaire (13 May 1891 – 29 May 1956) was an Australian distance freestyle swimmer from the 1900s to the 1920s, who won three silver and three bronze medals, from the 1908 Summer Olympics in London to the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, setting 15 world records.
He was also a decorated politician and businessman, serving for ten years in the Victorian Legislative Council and as Lord Mayor of Melbourne and building a multi-million dollar tyre business empire, Beaurepaires and Olympic Tyres.
Read more about Frank Beaurepaire: Early Life, Swimming Career, Beaurepaires, Local, State and Federal Politics
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