TARIS IN ACTION. —A fine action picture of Jean Taris, France’s best free-style swimmer. Taris toured New Zealand a couple of seasons back with Emile Poussard, European champion diver. He was second to C. Crabbe in the Olympic 400 metres championship at Los Angeles in 1932, and at Berlin finished in sixth place over the same distance, his time being 4min 53. Bsec, as compared with Medica’s winning time of 4min 44.55ec.
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Evening Star, Issue 22465, 9 October 1936, Page 14
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72TARIS IN ACTION.—A fine action picture of Jean Taris, France’s best free-style swimmer. Taris toured New Zealand a couple of seasons back with Emile Poussard, European champion diver. He was second to C. Crabbe in the Olympic 400 metres championship at Los Angeles in 1932, and at Berlin finished in sixth place over the same distance, his time being 4min 53. 8sec, as compared with Medica’s winning time of 4min 44.5sec. Evening Star, Issue 22465, 9 October 1936, Page 14
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