Given the question: Facts: - height: 1.90 m ftin on - strokes: backstroke - birth date: 17 january 1938 - fullname: david egmont theile - name: david theile - club: maryborough swimming club - birth place: maryborough , queensland Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of david theile .
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david egmont theile -lrb- born 17 january 1938 -rrb- is an australian former backstroke swimmer of the 1950s and 1960s , who won consecutive gold medals in the 100-metre backstroke at the 1956 and 1960 summer olympics , the only australian to do so .he subsequently became a leading surgeon and medical administrator .