Later an actor, he won 3 swimming Olympic gold medals in Paris in 1924
He beat his 
own record two years later, on February 17, 1924, lowering his time from 58.6 ... 
Weissmuller won three gold medals at the Paris 1924 Olympic Games for the 100 
and... [DOC] [TLE] American National Biography Online: Weissmuller, Johnny [PAR] 1984), swimmer and actor, was born Janos Weissmuller in Freidorf, ... 
Weissmuller emerged as