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Ian O'Brien

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Ian Lovett O'Brien (born 3 March 1947) is an Australian breaststroke swimmer of the 1960s who won the 200 metre breaststroke at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo in world record time. He won five Commonwealth Games gold medals and claimed a total of nine individual and six relay titles at the Australian Championships, before retiring at the age of 21 due to financial pressures. After showing promise at an early age, O'Brien was sent to Sydney to train under renowned coach Forbes Carlile and his breaststroke assistant Terry Gathercole. He competed in his first national championships in 1962 at the age of 15, winning the 220 yard breaststroke to gain selection for the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, where he won both the 110 and 220 yd (200 m) breaststroke and the 4 × 110 yd medley relay. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ian O'Brien is the 207th most popular swimmer (up from 242nd in 2019), the 449th most popular biography from Australia (up from 549th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Australian Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Ian O'Brien ranks 207 out of 709. Before him are Dana Vollmer, Matt Vogel, Kaye Hall, Ulrike Tauber, Melissa Belote, and Jon Henricks. After him are Jerry Heidenreich, Kevin Berry, Jane Barkman, Jörg Woithe, Leo Goodwin, and Kiki Caron.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Ian O'Brien ranks 817. Before him are Osvaldo Castro, Bruce Golding, Onny Parun, Doug Yule, Christian Pollas, and Annie Haslam. After him are Michael Albert, Howard Georgi, Keone Young, Gary Herbert, Tom Daschle, and Keith Devlin.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Ian O'Brien ranks 449 out of 1,143. Before him are Samantha Stosur (1984), Iggy Azalea (1990), Nicola McDermott (1996), Viva Bianca (1983), Jon Henricks (1935), and Damon Herriman (1970). After him are Jacqueline McKenzie (1967), Nick Kyrgios (1995), Dustin Clare (1982), Walter Browne (1949), Matthew Spiranovic (1988), and Jacob Elordi (1997).

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Among SWIMMERS In Australia

Among swimmers born in Australia, Ian O'Brien ranks 14. Before him are Leslie Boardman (1889), Fanny Durack (1889), Mina Wylie (1891), Sandra Morgan (1942), Boy Charlton (1907), and Jon Henricks (1935). After him are Kevin Berry (1945), Shane Gould (1956), David Theile (1938), Beverley Whitfield (1954), Lyn McClements (1951), and Gail Neall (1955).

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