Robert Kasting

Robert Kasting

Personal information
Full name	Robert A. Kasting
Nickname(s)	"Bob"
National team	Canada
Born	(1950-08-28) August 28, 1950 Ottawa, Ontario
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	80 kg (180 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle, butterfly
Club	Lethbridge Amateur Swim Club
College team	Yale University
Medal record Men's swimming Competitor for Canada Olympic Games 1972 Munich 4x100 m medley Pan American Games 1967 Winnipeg 4x100 m freestyle 1967 Winnipeg 4x200 m freestyle 1971 Cali 4x100 m freestyle 1971 Cali 4x200 m freestyle 1971 Cali 100 m freestyle

Robert A. Kasting (born August 28, 1950) is a Canadian former competition swimmer who specialized in freestyle and butterfly events. Kasting represented Canada at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany, where he won the bronze medal in the men's 4x100-metre medley relay, together with Canadian teammates Erik Fish, Bruce Robertson and William Mahony.

He also competed at the 1966 Commonwealth Games and won silver medals in both the 4x110-yard freestyle and the 4x220-yard freestyle. He also won two silver medals and a gold medal at the 1970 Commonwealth Games, in the 4x100-metre freestyle relay, 4x200-metre freestyle relay, and the 4x100-metre medley relay, respectively. At the 1972 Olympic Games he finished in 10th place in both the 100-metre freestyle and the 100-metre butterfly.^[1]

Kasting attended Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, where he was a member of the Yale Bulldogs swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and Ivy League competition from 1970 to 1972. He was the Bulldogs team captain as a senior in 1972.

He was born in Ottawa, Ontario, but raised in Lethbridge, Alberta.

See also

• List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (men)
• List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)

References

External links

• Canadian Olympic Committee