National team Great Britain Name William Robinson Sport Swimming | Weight 168 lb (76 kg) Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | |
Full name William Walker Robinson Born 23 June 1870 ( 1870-06-23 ) Airdrie, Scotland Died 4 July 1940(1940-07-04) (aged 70)
Liverpool, England | ||
William Walker Robinson (23 June 1870 – 4 July 1940) was a Scottish-born competition swimmer who represented Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. Robinson swam in the men's 200-metre breaststroke, and came second for the silver medal with a time of 3:12.8. He was 38 years old at the time of the 1908 Olympics, and was the oldest swimmer to win a medal in Olympic history for 100 years, until the 41-year-old American Dara Torres won three silver medals at the 2008 Olympics.
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