Carl Joseph Robie III (May 12, 1945 – November 29, 2011) was an American
swimmer
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, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder.
Biography
At the
1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, Robie received a silver medal for his second-place finish in the
men's 200-meter butterfly.
Four years later at the
1968 Summer Olympics
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in Mexico City, he won a gold medal for winning the
men's 200-meter butterfly.
Robie broke the world record in men's 200-meter butterfly four times during his career, including twice on the same day in August 1962.
Robie practiced civil trial law in
Sarasota, Florida
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.
[ He was inducted in the ]International Swimming Hall of Fame
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as an "Honor Swimmer" in 1976.
Death
Robie died at the age of 66 on November 29, 2011.
See also
* List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame
The International Swimming Hall of Fame
The International Swimming Hall of Fame and Museum (ISHOF) is a history museum and hall of fame, located at One Hall of Fame Drive, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States, operated by private interests an ...
* List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
This is the complete list of men's Olympic medalists in swimming.
Men's events 50 metre freestyle
100 metre freestyle
200 metre freestyle
400 metre freestyle
800 metre freestyle
1500 metre freestyle
100 metre backstroke
200 metre ...
* List of University of Michigan alumni
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* List (surname)
Organizations
* List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
* SC Germania List, German rugby unio ...
* World record progression 200 metres butterfly
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1945 births
2011 deaths
Peekskill Military Academy alumni
American male butterfly swimmers
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Florida lawyers
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Olympic gold medalists for the United States in swimming
Olympic silver medalists for the United States in swimming
People from Delaware County, Pennsylvania
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Swimmers at the 1963 Pan American Games
Swimmers at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Swimmers at the 1968 Summer Olympics
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Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States
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FISU World University Games gold medalists for the United States
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Medalists at the 1967 Summer Universiade
20th-century American lawyers
Medalists at the 1963 Pan American Games