Robert William Bale (born 19 July 1990) is an English swimmer who represented Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Bale was born in

Manchester Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The t ...

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Robert Bale
Retrieved 17 May 2015. and raised in

Lancaster, Lancashire Lancaster (, ) is a city and the county town of Lancashire, England, standing on the River Lune. Its population of 52,234 compares with one of 138,375 in the wider City of Lancaster local government district. The House of Lancaster was a branch ...

. He attended Ripley St Thomas School and first swam with the Carnforth and District Swimming Club (Carnforth Otters).Lancaster-born swimmer Rob Bale is hoping to make the most of the Olympics
, ''Lancashire Life'', 16 July 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2013.Lancaster swimmer Bale: Phelps race 'amazing to be part of'
, ''The Visitor'', 3 August 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2013. He made his first world championship team for the 2009 FINA World Championships in Rome, competing in the 4x200-metre freestyle relay final as Great Britain finished seventh. At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, he was a member of the British men's team that finished sixth in the 4×200-metre freestyle relay.Rob Bale
, BBC. Retrieved 25 August 2013.

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1990 births Living people English male freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers for Great Britain Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Manchester {{England-sport-bio-stub