Ronald Roberts (11 December 1922 – 19 June 2012) was a British

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. He competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics and the

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. He also represented

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at the

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, Canada. He won the 1953 and 1955 ASA National Championship 110 yards freestyle titles and the 1953 ASA National Championship 220 yards freestyle title.

References

1922 births 2012 deaths British male swimmers Olympic swimmers for Great Britain Swimmers at the 1952 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1956 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Lincolnshire Swimmers at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for England {{UK-swimming-bio-stub