At age 17 years at the Melbourne Olympic Games, Murray Rose competed in three swimming events. He won then all.

In 1960 at Rome, Murray repeated the gold medal performance in the 400m freestyle event.

Although having broken two world records in the lead up to the 1964 Tokyo Games, Murray Rose was not selected to swim for Australia. He attended the Games as a commentator.

In 1983, he was voted Australia's greatest ever Olympian.

Diet, personal philosophy, overseas study and a self assured nature set Murray Rose apart from others ...... quite aside from his swimming talent.

This is a brief summary of the life of Murray Rose.

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