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Full name | Kevin John Berry | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | AUS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Sydney | 10 April 1945|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 7 December 2006 Sydney | (aged 61)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 71 kg (157 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Butterfly, medley | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coach | Eric Hayes, Don Talbot | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.