Full name Carl Joseph Robie, III Club Suburban Seahawks Club Weight 73 kg Strokes Butterfly Height 1.78 m | Sport Swimming Role Swimmer National team United States Name Carl Robie Education University of Michigan | |
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Nickname(s) "The Philadelphia Flyer" Born May 2, 1945 ( 1945-05-02 ) Darby, Pennsylvania Died November 30, 2011, Sarasota, Florida, United States Olympic medals Swimming at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre butterfly People also search for Kevin Berry, John Ferris, Fred Schmidt, Martyn Woodroffe | ||
Carl Joseph Robie III (May 12, 1945 – November 29, 2011) was an American swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder.
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 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. He was inducted in the International Swimming Hall of Fame as an "Honor Swimmer" in 1976.
Robie died at the age of 66 on November 29, 2011.
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