Robert O'Brien (born June 6, 1933) is an American

sprint canoer Canoe sprint is a water sport in which athletes race canoes or kayaks on calm water. Overview Race categories vary by the number of athletes in the boat, the length of the course, and whether the boat is a canoe or kayak. Canoe sprints are som ...

who competed in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Competing in two

Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été), also known as the Games of the Olympiad, and often referred to as the Summer Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inau ...

, he earned his best finish of 11th in the K-1 10000 m event at Melbourne in

1956 Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim ...

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Sports-reference.com profile
1933 births American male canoeists Canoeists at the 1956 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1960 Summer Olympics Living people Olympic canoeists for the United States Place of birth missing (living people) {{US-canoe-bio-stub