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1922: "Tarzan" breaks a world record in swimming  
He was the original Tarzan. Johnny Weissmüller will be remembered as the jungle man with the famous call. Yet the man who was born in Siebenbürg, Saxony, whose parents emigrated to the United States shortly after his birth, was already a world-famous swimmer before his cinema career took off.

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Who broke the world record in 100 meter freestyle swimming in 1922?
  Esther Williams, who later became a role model for modern synchronized swimming
  Johnny Weissmüller, who later played "Tarzan"
  Jesse Owens, who at some point later started his own public relations firm
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