Ken Warby
Australian motorboat racer (1939–2023) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ken Warby MBE (9 May 1939 – 20 February 2023) was an Australian motorboat racer, who at his death held the water speed record of 275.97 knots (511.10 km/h; 317.58 mph), set on Blowering Dam on 8 October 1978.[1]
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As a child, Warby's hero was Donald Campbell, who died attempting to break the record in 1967.