Robin Leamy (swimmer)
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Robin Leamy (born April 1, 1961) is an American former competition
swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...
of Samoan and New Zealand descent who participated in the
1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon ...
in Los Angeles, California. He earned a gold medal by swimming for the winning U.S. team in the preliminary heats of the 4×100-meter freestyle relay. Leamy also represented the U.S. in the Pan American and World Games, where he was a member of several U.S. World Record setting relay teams (4x100 meter freestyle relay). Leamy also held the world record in the 50 meter freestyle from 1981 through 1985. Leamy received an athletic scholarship to attend the
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(UCLA), where he played both water polo (under coach Bob Horn) and swam (for coach
Ron Ballatore Ron "Stix" Ballatore (1941 – April 27, 2012) was an American college and international swimming coach. From 1978 to 1994, Ballatore was the head coach of the men's swimming and diving team at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA ...
). An All-American in both sports, he was the NCAA individual national champion in the 50 and 100-yard freestyle in 1982. In addition he anchored the 4x100 yard freestyle relay which set an American and U.S. Open Record, and captured UCLA's first and only NCAA swimming championship.


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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 ...
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List of University of California, Los Angeles people This is a list of notable present and former faculty, staff, and students of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Notable alumni Nobel laureates * Ralph Bunche – recipient of the 1950 Nobel Peace Prize * Richard F. Heck – re ...
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List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (men) This is the complete list of men's World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming from 1973 to 2022. Medalists Bold numbers in brackets denotes record number of victories in corresponding disciplines. 50 metre freestyle *Medals: 100 metre ...
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World record progression 50 metres freestyle The first world record in the men's 50 metres freestyle in long course (50 metres) swimming was recognized by the International Swimming Federation (FINA) in 1976. In the short course (25 metres) swimming events the world's governing body recogniz ...
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World record progression 4 × 100 metres freestyle relay This article includes the world record progression for the 4×100 metres freestyle relay, and it shows the chronological history of world record times in that competitive swimming event. The 4×100 metres freestyle relay is a relay event in which ...


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1961 births Living people Sportspeople from Apia Samoan emigrants to the United States American male freestyle swimmers Olympic gold medalists for the United States in swimming Swimmers at the 1983 Pan American Games Swimmers at the 1984 Summer Olympics UCLA Bruins men's swimmers World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States Pan American Games medalists in swimming Medalists at the 1983 Pan American Games {{US-swimming-bio-stub