Bruce Robertson (swimmer)

Bruce Richard Robertson, CM (born April 27, 1953) is a male former freestyle and butterfly swimmer from Canada,.

Bruce Robertson

Personal information
Full name	Bruce Richard Robertson CM CPA CA CITP
National team	Canada
Born	(1953-04-27) April 27, 1953 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle, butterfly
Club	Canadian Dolphin Swim Club
Medal record Men's swimming Representing Canada Olympic Games 1972 Munich 100 m butterfly 1972 Munich 4×100 m medley World Championships (LC) 1973 Belgrade 100 m butterfly 1973 Belgrade 4×100 m medley Pan American Games 1975 Mexico City 4x100 m freestyle 1975 Mexico City 4x200 m freestyle 1975 Mexico City 4x100 m medley 1975 Mexico City 100 m freestyle 1975 Mexico City 100 m butterfly

Swimming career

Robertson competed for his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1972 in Munich. There he won the silver medal in the 100-metre butterfly, and bronze in the 4×100-metre medley relay, alongside Erik Fish, William Mahony and Robert Kasting.

A specialist in the butterfly stroke, his greatest achievement was winning the 100-metre butterfly race at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships in Belgrade – the first world championship swimming performance by a Canadian in over 60 years. Robertson also swam on the third place 4×1000-metre medley relay team there. At the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, he won two gold, two silver and two bronze medals. In 1973, he was named male Athlete of the Year, and was honoured with the Order of Canada.[1] He was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal in 2002.[2]

Despite being of Canadian nationality he won the ASA National British Championships title over 100 metres butterfly in 1971.[3]

He currently lives in Manotick, Ontario, Canada. and swims with the Nepean Masters Swim Club in Barrhaven, Ontario and holds Canadian national age-group records in the 100m freestyle and 200m freestyle.[4]

See also

• List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (men)
• List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)

References

1. http://www.gg.ca/honour.aspx?id=1437&t=12&ln=Robertson
2. http://www.gg.ca/honour.aspx?id=40848&t=6&ln=Robertson
3. "Fox, Norman. "Brinkley on target, June Green aims high." Times, 6 Aug. 1971, p. 8". Times Digital Archive.
4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-06-08. Retrieved 2013-07-19.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

External links

• "Canadian Olympic Committee". Archived from the original on 2007-03-11. Retrieved 2006-07-02.
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Bruce Robertson". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.