Murray Rose

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Olympic champion Olympic swimmer freestyle swimmer human swimmer

Murray Rose was an Australian freestyle swimming champion who won multiple Olympic gold medals in the 1950s and 1960s and set numerous world records.

Statements (62)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Olympic champion → Olympic swimmer → freestyle swimmer → human → swimmer →
awardReceived	Member of the Order of Australia →
causeOfDeath	leukaemia →
competitionClass	men's swimming →
countryOfBirth	United Kingdom →
countryOfCitizenship	Australia →
dateOfBirth	1939-01-06 →
dateOfDeath	2012-04-15 →
education	University of Southern California →
eraOfProminence	1950s → 1960s →
familyName	Rose →
fullName	Iain Murray Rose →
givenName	Iain → Murray →
hallOfFameInduction	International Swimming Hall of Fame →
memberOfSportsTeam	USC Trojans men's swimming →
name	Murray Rose →
nationality	Australian →
notableFor	being one of the youngest male Olympic champions in swimming → dominating middle- and long-distance freestyle in the late 1950s →
occupation	actor → sports commentator → swimmer →
OlympicBronzeMedalCount	1 →
OlympicGoldMedalCount	4 →
OlympicSilverMedalCount	1 →
participatedIn	1956 Summer Olympics → 1960 Summer Olympics → 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games →
placeOfBirth	Birmingham → England →
placeOfDeath	Australia → New South Wales → Sydney →
raisedIn	Australia → New South Wales → Sydney →
religion	vegetarianism advocate →
representedTeam	Australia national swimming team →
setWorldRecordIn	1500 metre freestyle → 400 metre freestyle → 4×200 metre freestyle relay → 800 metre freestyle →
sexOrGender	male →
sport	swimming →
strokeSpecialty	freestyle →
wonBronzeInEvent	1960 Olympics men's 4×200 metre freestyle relay →
wonGoldInEvent	1956 Olympics men's 1500 metre freestyle → 1956 Olympics men's 400 metre freestyle → 1956 Olympics men's 4×200 metre freestyle relay → 1960 Olympics men's 400 metre freestyle →
wonMedal	Olympic bronze medal → Olympic gold medal → Olympic silver medal →
wonSilverInEvent	1960 Olympics men's 1500 metre freestyle →
yearOfAward	2000 →
yearOfHallOfFameInduction	1968 →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
1956 Summer Olympics →	featuredAthlete
Murray Rose →	name