Frank Beaurepaire
Sir Francis 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.
Francis Joseph Edmund Beaurepaire | |
|---|---|
| 66th Lord Mayor of Melbourne | |
| In office 1940–1942 | |
| Preceded by | Arthur Coles |
| Succeeded by | Sir Thomas Sydney Nettlefold |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 May 1891 Melbourne, Australia |
| Died | 29 May 1956 (aged 65) |
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Representing Australasia | ||
| Men's swimming | ||
| 1908 London | 400m freestyle | |
| 1908 London | 1500 m freestyle | |
| Representing Australia | ||
| 1920 Antwerp | 4×200 m freestyle | |
| 1920 Antwerp | 1500 m freestyle | |
| 1924 Paris | 4×200 m freestyle | |
| 1924 Paris | 1500 m freestyle | |
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 multimillion-dollar tyre business empire, Beaurepaires.
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