Ilsa Konrads

Ilsa Konrads

Konrads at 1960 Olympics
Personal information
Birth name	Ilze Konrade
Full name	Ilsa Konrads
National team	Australia
Born	(1944-03-29) 29 March 1944 (age 80) Riga, Latvia
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	68 kg (150 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
Medal record Women's swimming Representing Australia Olympic Games 1960 Rome 4×100 m freestyle relay British Empire and Commonwealth Games 1958 Cardiff 440 yards freestyle 1962 Perth 440 yards freestyle

Ilsa Konrads (Latvian: Ilze Konrade; born 29 March 1944) is an Australian former freestyle swimmer of the 1950s and 1960s, who won a silver medal in the 4×100-metre freestyle relay at the 1960 Summer Olympics.^[1] In her career, she set 13 individual world records, and after her swimming career ended, was the Australasian editor of Belle magazine. Along with her brother John Konrads, who also set multiple world records, and won gold in the 1500-metre freestyle, they were known as the Konrad Kids.