William Robinson (swimmer)
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| Full name | William Walker Robinson | ||||||||||||
| Nationality |
 Great Britain | ||||||||||||
| Born |
23 June 1870 Airdrie, Scotland | ||||||||||||
| Died |
4 July 1940 (aged 70) Liverpool, England | ||||||||||||
| 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]
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