William Walker Robinson (23 June 1870 – 4 July 1940) was a Scottish-born competition swimmer who represented Great Britain at the
1908 Summer Olympics
The 1908 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the IV Olympiad and also known as London 1908) were an international multi-sport event held in London, England, United Kingdom, from 27 April to 31 October 1908. The 1908 Games were ori ...
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
Dara Grace Torres (born April 15, 1967) is an American former competitive swimmer, who is a 12-time Olympic medalist and former world record-holder in three events. Torres is the first swimmer to represent the United States in five Olympic Gam ...
won three silver medals at the 2008 Olympics.
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Dara Torres: The Oldest Olympic Swimming Medalist in History
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See also
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List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
This is the complete list of men's Olympic medalists in swimming.
Men's events 50 metre freestyle
100 metre freestyle
200 metre freestyle
400 metre freestyle
800 metre freestyle
1500 metre freestyle
100 metre backstroke
200 metre ...
References
External links
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William Walker Robinson – Olympic athlete profile at British Olympic Association
1870 births
1940 deaths
British male swimmers
Male breaststroke swimmers
Olympic swimmers of Great Britain
Swimmers at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain
Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Olympic silver medalists in swimming
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