Carl Robie
Appearance
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Full name | Carl Joseph Robie III | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | "The Philadelphia Flyer" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Darby, Pennsylvania | May 12, 1945|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | November 29, 2011 Sarasota, Florida | (aged 66)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 161 lb (73 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Butterfly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Suburban Seahawks Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | University of Michigan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Carl Joseph Robie III (May 12, 1945 – November 29, 2011) was an American swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder.[1]
At the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, Robie received a silver medal for his second-place finish in the men's 200-meter butterfly. Four years later at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, he won a gold medal for winning the men's 200-meter butterfly. Robie broke the world record in men's 200-meter butterfly four times during his career, including twice on the same day in August 1962.
Robie practiced civil trial law in Sarasota, Florida.[1] He was inducted in the International Swimming Hall of Fame as an "Honor Swimmer" in 1976.[2]
Robie died at the age of 66 on November 29, 2011.[1]
See also
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
- List of University of Michigan alumni
- World record progression 200 metres butterfly
References
- ^ a b c "Carl Robie Passes Away at 66 Archived 2011-12-09 at the Wayback Machine," SwimNews.com (November 30, 2011). Retrieved December 1, 2011.
- ^ International Swimming Hall of Fame, Honorees, Carl Robie (USA). Retrieved March 14, 2015.
External links
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Carl Robie". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04.
- Carl Robie (USA) – Honor Swimmer profile at International Swimming Hall of Fame
- Obituary Archive – Carl Robie, The Philadelphia Flyer, Passes Away at 66
Categories:
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- American male butterfly swimmers
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- Florida lawyers
- Former world record holders in swimming
- International Swimming Hall of Fame inductees
- Michigan Wolverines men's swimmers
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States in swimming
- Olympic silver medalists for the United States in swimming
- Olympic swimmers of the United States
- People from Delaware County, Pennsylvania
- Sportspeople from Pennsylvania
- Swimmers at the 1963 Pan American Games
- Swimmers at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States
- Pan American Games medalists in swimming
- Universiade medalists in swimming
- American swimming Olympic medalist stubs