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Robert Renwick
Personal information
Full name	Robert Peter Renwick
Nickname(s)	"Robbie", "Rabs"
National team	Great Britain
Born	21 July 1988 (age 35); Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	78 kg (172 lb; 12.3 st)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
Club	University of Stirling
Coach	Steven Tigg
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing Great Britain
Olympic Games
World Championships (LC)
World Championships (SC)
European Championships (LC)
Representing Scotland
Commonwealth Games

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Robert Peter Renwick (born 21 July 1988) is a Scottish former competitive swimmer who represented Great Britain at the Olympics and FINA world championships, as well as Scotland in the Commonwealth Games. Renwick is a world champion and a Commonwealth Games gold medallist. He first rose to prominence by swimming the anchor leg in the Scottish men's 4×200-metre freestyle relay team at the 2006 Commonwealth Games as a 17-year-old. The team won silver, after he was narrowly touched out by the English relay team. Renwick featured in every major Olympic or world championship for Britain from 2007 to 2016.

Career

Robert qualified for Team GB at the 2008 Beijing Olympics in two events, the 200-metre freestyle and the 4×200-metre freestyle relay. He achieved this by finishing second, behind Ross Davenport, in the 2008 Long Course British Championships (incorporating the Olympic trials). His time in the final was 1:48.29.

Renwick won the gold medal in the 200 m freestyle at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India. He touched out Kendrick Monk of Australia in a close race.

His greatest success came in the 2015 World Championships in Kazan, Russia where Renwick, along with Dan Wallace, Callum Jarvis and James Guy beat the United States in the men's 4×200 m freestyle. Renwick's 2nd leg split of 1:45.98 was the fastest of his career at the age of 27.

Renwick held the British record for the 200 m freestyle in a time of 1.45.99 for six years, and was a member of the 4×200 m freestyle relay team that holds the record at 7:04.43.

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British Records

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 {{MedalCompetition | [[FINA World Championships - Short Course|World Championships (SC)]]}}
 {{MedalSilver | [[2008 FINA Short Course World Championships|2008 Manchester]] | 4×200 m freestyle}}
-{{MedalBronze | [[2008 FINA Short Course World Championships|2008 Manchester]] | 400 m freestyle}}
+{{MedalBronze | 2008 Manchester | 400 m freestyle}}
 {{MedalCompetition | [[LEN European Aquatics Championships|European Championships (LC)]]}}
 {{Medal|Gold | [[2016 European Aquatics Championships|2016 London]] | [[Swimming at the 2016 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 4 x 100 metre medley relay|4×100 m medley]]}}
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 {{MedalGold | [[2010 Commonwealth Games|2010 Delhi]] | [[Swimming at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Men's 200 metre freestyle|200 m freestyle]]}}
 {{MedalSilver | [[2006 Commonwealth Games|2006 Melbourne]] | [[Swimming at the 2006 Commonwealth Games – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay|4×200 m freestyle]]}}
-{{MedalSilver | [[2010 Commonwealth Games|2010 Delhi]] | [[Swimming at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay|4×200 m freestyle]]}}
+{{MedalSilver | 2010 Delhi | [[Swimming at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay|4×200 m freestyle]]}}
 {{MedalSilver | [[2014 Commonwealth Games|2014 Glasgow]] | [[Swimming at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay|4×200 m freestyle]]}}
 }}
-'''Robert Peter Renwick''' (born 21 July 1988) is a Scottish competitive [[swimming (sport)|swimmer]] who has represented [[Great Britain]] at the [[Olympic Games|Olympics]] and [[FINA]] world championships, as well as Scotland in the Commonwealth Games.  Renwick is a world champion and a Commonwealth Games gold medallist.  He first rose to prominence by swimming the anchor leg in the Scottish men's 4×200-metre freestyle relay team at the [[2006 Commonwealth Games]] as a 17-year-old.  The team won silver, after he was narrowly touched out by the English relay team.  Renwick has featured in every major Olympic or world championship for Britain since 2007.
+'''Robert Peter Renwick''' (born 21 July 1988) is a Scottish former competitive [[swimming (sport)|swimmer]] who represented [[Great Britain]] at the [[Olympic Games|Olympics]] and [[FINA]] world championships, as well as Scotland in the Commonwealth Games.  Renwick is a world champion and a Commonwealth Games gold medallist.  He first rose to prominence by swimming the anchor leg in the Scottish men's 4×200-metre freestyle relay team at the [[2006 Commonwealth Games]] as a 17-year-old.  The team won silver, after he was narrowly touched out by the English relay team.  Renwick featured in every major Olympic or world championship for Britain from 2007 to 2016.
 ==Career==
 Robert qualified for Team GB at the 2008 Beijing Olympics in two events, the 200-metre freestyle and the 4×200-metre freestyle relay. He achieved this by finishing second, behind [[Ross Davenport]], in the 2008 Long Course British Championships (incorporating the Olympic trials). His time in the final was 1:48.29.
-Renwick won the gold medal in the 200m freestyle at the [[2010 Commonwealth Games]] in Delhi, India.  Touching out Kendrick Monk of Australia in a very close fought race down the last 50.
+Renwick won the gold medal in the 200 m freestyle at the [[2010 Commonwealth Games]] in Delhi, India.  He touched out Kendrick Monk of Australia in a close race.
-His greatest success came in the 2015 World Championships where Renwick, along with Dan Wallace, Callum Jarvis and James Guy beat the United States of America in the men's 4x200Fr in Kazan,  Russia.  Renwick's 2nd leg split of 1'45.98 was the fastest of his long illustrious career at the age of 27.
+His greatest success came in the 2015 World Championships in Kazan, Russia where Renwick, along with Dan Wallace, Callum Jarvis and James Guy beat the United States in the men's 4×200 m freestyle.  Renwick's 2nd leg split of 1:45.98 was the fastest of his career at the age of 27.
-Robert held the British record for the 200m freestyle in a time of 1.45.99,for 6 years and was a member of the 4x200 free relay team who have the record which stands at 7.04.43.
+Renwick held the British record for the 200 m freestyle in a time of 1.45.99 for six years, and was a member of the 4×200 m freestyle relay team that holds the record at 7:04.43.
 ==See also==