William Robinson (swimmer)
Appearance
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Full name | William Walker Robinson | ||||||||||||||
National team | Great Britain | ||||||||||||||
Born | Airdrie, Scotland | 23 June 1870||||||||||||||
Died | 4 July 1940 Liverpool, England | (aged 70)||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 168 lb (76 kg) | ||||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||||
Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
Strokes | Breaststroke | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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William Walker Robinson (23 June 1870 – 4 July 1940) was a Scottish-born competition swimmer who represented Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. Robinson swam in the men's 200-metre breaststroke, and came second for the silver medal with a time of 3:12.8.[1] He was 38 years old at the time of the 1908 Olympics, and was the oldest swimmer to win a medal in Olympic history for 80 years, until the 41-year-old American Dara Torres won three silver medals at the 2008 Olympics.[2]
See also
References
- ^ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, William Robinson. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
- ^ Emily Brandon, "Dara Torres: The Oldest Olympic Swimming Medalist in History," U.S. News & World Report (13 August 2008). Retrieved 5 December 2014.
External links
- William Robinson – Olympic athlete profile at DatabaseOlympics.com
- William Walker Robinson – Olympic athlete profile at British Olympic Association