Summer Olympics, she set world records in the 440-yard, 400-metre, 1500-metre and 1650-yard events. At the Olympics, she suffered from nerves and was eliminated in the heats of the 100 m freestyle, and managed fourth in the 400 m freestyle, some 12s slower than her personal best. She collected a silver in the 4×100 m freestyle relay, along with Fraser, Crapp and Alva Colquhoun. Her last competition was at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Western Australia, where she claimed silver in the 440 yd event. After her retirement from competitive swimming, Konrads went into journalism, and eventually became the editor of Belle, from 1975 to 1979, a leading Australian interior design magazine, and Vogue Living, from 1979 to 1984 and 1992 to 1999. Konrads also worked for the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper, and since 1999 has been running her own business. Honours Konrads was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 1987. In 2000, she received an Australian Sports Medal. See also List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women) World record progression 400 metres freestyle World record progression 800 metres freestyle World record progression 1500 metres freestyle World record progression 4 × 100 metres freestyle relay References 1944 births Living people Olympic swimmers of Australia Swimmers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Sportswomen from New South Wales Sportspeople from Riga Latvian emigrants to Australia Latvian World War II refugees Olympic silver medalists for Australia Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia Swimmers at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Swimmers at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games World record setters in swimming Australian female freestyle swimmers Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductees Recipients of the Australian Sports Medal Swimmers from Sydney Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in swimming Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming Medallists at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games