1904
Johnny Weissmuller, Hungarian-American swimmer and actor (died 1984)
Johnny Weissmuller, Hungarian-American swimmer and actor (died 1984)
Johnny Weissmuller, Hungarian-American swimmer and actor (died 1984)
Johnny Weissmuller
American swimmer, water-polo player, and actor (1904–1984)
- Born
- 1904
Johnny Weissmuller was a Hungarian-born German American Olympic swimmer, water polo player and actor. He has one of the best competitive-swimming records of the 20th century. He set world records alongside winning five gold medals in the Olympics. He won the 100m freestyle and the 4 × 200 m relay team event in the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris and the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. Weissmuller also won gold in the 400m freestyle, as well as a bronze medal in the water polo competition in Paris.