Bruce Richard Robertson, CM (born April 27, 1953) is a Canadian former

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and

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swimmer.

Swimming career

Robertson competed for his native country at two consecutive

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, starting in

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, ...

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. A specialist in the butterfly stroke, his greatest achievement was winning the 100-metre butterfly race at the

1973 World Aquatics Championships The 1st FINA World Championships in Aquatics were held in the Tašmajdan SRC in Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia, from 31 August to 9 September 1973. Medal table Results Diving ;Men ;Women Swimming ;Men ;Women Synchronised s ...

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

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in Christchurch, he won two gold, two silver and two bronze medals. In 1973, he was named male Athlete of the Year, and was honoured with the

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. He was awarded the

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in 2002. Despite being of Canadian nationality he won the ASA National British Championships title over 100 metres butterfly in 1971. He currently lives in Manotick, Ontario, Canada. and swims with the Nepean Masters Swim Club in

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, Ontario and holds Canadian national age-group records in the 100m freestyle and 200m freestyle.

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Swimming career

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