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Canadian swimmer
Bruce Robertson
Full name Bruce Richard Robertson CM CPA CA CITP National team Canada Born (1953-04-27 ) April 27, 1953 (age 71)
Vancouver ,
British Columbia , Canada Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Weight 70 kg (154 lb) Sport
Swimming Strokes
Freestyle ,
butterfly Club Canadian Dolphin Swim Club
Bruce Richard Robertson ,
CM (born April 27, 1953) is a male former
freestyle and
butterfly swimmer from Canada,.
Swimming career
Robertson 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
References
^ 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 . {{
cite web }}
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link )
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