Carl Robie

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Personal information
Surname: Carl Robie
Nation: United StatesUnited States United States
Swimming style (s) : butterfly
Birthday: May 12, 1945
Place of birth: Darby
Date of death: November 30, 2011
Place of death: Sarasota , Florida
Size: 1.78 m
Weight: 73 kg
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Carl Joseph Robie III (also The Philadelphia Flyer ; born May 12, 1945 in Darby , Pennsylvania , † November 30, 2011 in Sarasota , Florida ) was an American swimmer .

Life

Carl Joseph Robie, born in Darby in 1945, was able to improve the world record over 200 m butterfly four times in the sixties . At the Olympic Games in Tokyo in 1964 , he was able to win the silver medal in the 200 m butterfly. Four years later, "The Philadelphia Flyer" became Olympic champion over this route at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City . In 1976 he was inducted into the international swimming sport hall of fame .

Robie died on November 30, 2011 at the age of 66.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Carl Robie Passes Away at 66 . Swimnews Online . Retrieved December 1, 2011.
  2. ↑ Biography of Carl Joseph Robie at Olympic Sports Reference
  3. ↑ Carl Robie Passes Away at 66 Obituary from The International Swimming Hall of Fame, November 30, 2011
personal data
SURNAME Robie, Carl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Robie, Carl Joseph (full name); The Philadelphia Flyer (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American swimmer
DATE OF BIRTH May 12, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Darby , Pennsylvania
DATE OF DEATH November 30, 2011
Place of death Sarasota , Florida