Robert Percy Hooper (September 11, 1917 – September 2, 2001) was a Canadian

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who competed in the

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics ( German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad ( German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi- ...

in Berlin. In 1936 he was a member of the Canadian team which finished seventh in the 4x200-metre freestyle relay. In the 400-metre freestyle, as well as in the 1500-metre freestyle, he was eliminated in the first round. At the 1934 Empire Games he was a member of the Canadian team which won the gold medal in the 4×200-yard freestyle event. Four years later at the Empire Games in Sydney he won the silver medal with the Canadian team in the 4×220-yard freestyle competition.

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Robert Hooper's profile at Sports Reference.com
1917 births 2001 deaths Swimmers from Vancouver Canadian male freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers for Canada Swimmers at the 1936 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1934 British Empire Games Swimmers at the 1938 British Empire Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Canada Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Canada Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming 20th-century Canadian people 21st-century Canadian people Medallists at the 1934 British Empire Games Medallists at the 1938 British Empire Games {{Canada-swimming-bio-stub

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