Robin James Backhaus (born February 12, 1955) is an American former competition
swimmer
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, Olympic medalist, and former world record-holder.
Backhaus represented the United States as a 17-year-old at the
1972 Summer Olympics
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in Munich, Germany.
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Robin Backhaus
Retrieved October 22, 2012. He won a bronze medal for his third-place performance in the
men's 200-meter butterfly, finishing with a time of 2:03.23 behind
Mark Spitz and
Gary Hall, and completing an American sweep of the event.
At the
1973 World Aquatics Championships
The 1st FINA World Championships in Aquatics were held in the Tašmajdan Sports Centre in Belgrade, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia, from 31 August to 9 September 1973.
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in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, he won gold medals for his first-place finish in the
200-meter butterfly, and as a member of the winning U.S. team in the
4×200-meter freestyle relay. He also received a bronze medal third for finishing in the
100-meter butterfly.
Domestically Backhaus won three AAU titles, in the 200 yd butterfly indoors in 1973–74, and in the 100 m butterfly in 1973. He also won NCAA titles in the 200 butterfly in 1974–75. After retiring from competitions Backhaus worked as a teacher and coach at
Konawaena High School in
Hawaii for four years, and then trained swimmers in Texas and California for over 20 years.
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See also
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List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
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List of University of Alabama people
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List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (men)
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World record progression 4 × 200 metres freestyle relay
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References
1955 births
Living people
Alabama Crimson Tide men's swimmers
American male butterfly swimmers
American male freestyle swimmers
Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in swimming
Sportspeople from Lincoln, Nebraska
Swimmers at the 1972 Summer Olympics
World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics
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