Bruce Richard Robertson, CM (born April 27, 1953) is a male former freestyle and butterfly swimmer from Canada,.
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| Full name | Bruce Richard Robertson CM CPA CA CITP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | April 27, 1953 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle, butterfly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Canadian Dolphin Swim Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Swimming career
editRobertson competed for his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1972 in Munich. There he won the silver medal in the 100-metre butterfly, and bronze in the 4×100-metre medley relay, alongside Erik Fish, William Mahony and Robert Kasting.[1][2]
A specialist in the butterfly stroke, his greatest achievement was winning the 100-metre butterfly race at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships in Belgrade – the first world championship swimming performance by a Canadian in over 60 years. Robertson also swam on the third place 4×100-metre medley relay team there. At the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, he won two gold, two silver and two bronze medals. In 1973, he was named male Athlete of the Year[citation needed], and was honoured with the Order of Canada.[3] He was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal in 2002.[4]
Despite being of Canadian nationality he won the ASA National British Championships title over 100 metres butterfly in 1971.[5]
He currently lives in Manotick, Ontario, Canada. and swims with the Nepean Masters Swim Club in Barrhaven, Ontario and holds Canadian national age-group records in the 100m freestyle and 200m freestyle.[6]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Bruce Robertson". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020.
- ^ "Canadian Olympic Committee". Archived from the original on March 11, 2007. Retrieved July 2, 2006.
- ^ "Recipients". June 11, 2018.
- ^ "Recipients". June 11, 2018.
- ^ Fox, Norman (August 6, 1971). "Fox, Norman. "Brinkley on target, June Green aims high." Times, 6 Aug. 1971, p. 8". The Times. p. 8.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on June 8, 2015. Retrieved July 19, 2013.
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External links
edit- Bruce Robertson at Swimming Canada
- Bruce Robertson at World Aquatics
- Bruce Robertson at Team Canada
- Bruce Richard Robertson at Olympics.com
- Bruce Robertson at Olympedia
- Bruce Robertson at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)