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Kevin Berry

1945 - 2006

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Kevin John Berry OAM (10 April 1945 – 7 December 2006) was an Australian butterfly swimmer of the 1960s who won the gold medal in the 200-metre butterfly at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. He set twelve world records in his career. After his retirement from swimming, he became the pictorial editor of The Sydney Morning Herald and later the head of ABC Sport. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kevin Berry is the 209th most popular swimmer (down from 195th in 2019), the 460th most popular biography from Australia (down from 446th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Australian Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Kevin Berry ranks 209 out of 709. Before him are Kaye Hall, Ulrike Tauber, Melissa Belote, Jon Henricks, Ian O'Brien, and Jerry Heidenreich. After him are Jane Barkman, Jörg Woithe, Leo Goodwin, Kiki Caron, Keena Rothhammer, and Wilhelm Lützow.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Kevin Berry ranks 645. Before him are Leonardo Véliz, Daniel Rudisha, Tom Ridge, Byron Beck, Amjad Ali Khan, and David S. Johnson. After him are Annie Dillard, Ron Glass, Pat Conroy, Shekhar Mehta, Suzanne Farrell, and Larry Craig. Among people deceased in 2006, Kevin Berry ranks 382. Before him are Val Guest, Gernot Jurtin, Ellen Willis, John Spencer, Jon Nödtveidt, and Nellie Connally. After him are Buck Owens, Byron Nelson, Shekhar Mehta, Walter Mantegazza, Valentín Elizalde, and Gennadiy Tsygankov.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Kevin Berry ranks 460 out of 1,143. Before him are Ernest Chapman (1926), H. V. Evatt (1894), Coral Browne (1913), Peter Sculthorpe (1929), Dante Exum (1995), and Mick Harvey (1958). After him are James McTeigue (1967), Essie Davis (1970), Mary Augusta Ward (1851), June Maston (1928), Greg Norman (1955), and Billy Bevan (1887).

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Among SWIMMERS In Australia

Among swimmers born in Australia, Kevin Berry ranks 15. Before him are Fanny Durack (1889), Mina Wylie (1891), Sandra Morgan (1942), Boy Charlton (1907), Jon Henricks (1935), and Ian O'Brien (1947). After him are Shane Gould (1956), David Theile (1938), Beverley Whitfield (1954), Lyn McClements (1951), Gail Neall (1955), and Giaan Rooney (1982).

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