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Johnny Weissmuller az 1924-es párizsi olimpián az öccse, Peter születési bizonyítványát használta. (Peter már Amerikában született, így automatikusan állampolgárrá vált.) 1922. július 22-én elsőként úszta le a 100 métert egy percen belül (58,26 másodperc alatt).
Johnny Weissmuller. Actor: Tarzan's New York Adventure. Johnny Weissmuller was born as Peter Johann Weißmüller in Freidorf, today a district of the city of Timisoara in Romania, then a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Weissmuller would later claim to have been born in Windber, Pennsylvania, probably to ensure his eligibility to compete as part of the US Olympic team.
Biography. Although his records have long since been surpassed, and although others have won more Olympic medals, Johnny Weissmuller remains the best known swimmer of all time. Weissmuller set the first of his many world records as a 17-year-old in 1922 and experts considered his 100y freestyle record of 51.0 in 1927 to be the greatest of all ...
Johnny Weissmuller. (Windber, 1904 - Acapulco, 1984) Actor de cine y campeón de natación norteamericano de origen húngaro, conocido en el mundo del cine por sus interpretaciones del popular personaje de Edgar Rice Borroughs, Tarzán. Hijo de unos inmigrantes polacos que se instalaron en el pueblecito minero de Winber (Pensilvania), el ...
Johnny Weissmuller, giving every last ounce of energy, managed one final push to overtake Arne Borg with 1.50 metres to go, while Charlton, who was finishing the strongest out of the three, was right on the heels of the Swedish champion,” wrote Drigny. With a time of 5:04.2, Weissmuller had once again shattered his own Olympic record.
2 de abr. de 2024 · Johnny Weissmuller was swimming’s first superstar by winning five Olympic gold medals. He won the 100m freestyle and the 4x200m relay team event at both the 1924 Paris Games and 1928 Amsterdam Games. He also won gold in the 400m freestyle and a bronze medal in the water polo competition in Paris. Over the course of his career, Weissmuller set ...
Johnny Weissmuller was a hero to adults and children alike around the world, an international sex symbol and an enduring icon. Widely recognized as the definitive movie Tarzan, he was also a swimming superstar and Olympic champion long before he hit the silver screen. Still considered one of the three best swimmers of all time, he is the only ...
