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Robin Leamy
Personal information
Full nameRobin John Leamy
National teamUnited States
Born (1961-04-01) April 1, 1961 (age 62)
Apia, Samoa
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight174 lb (79 kg)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle
College team University of California, Los Angeles
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing the United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1984 Los Angeles 4x100 m freestyle
World Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place 1982 Guayaquil 4×100 m freestyle
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 1983 Caracas 4x100m freestyle

Robin Leamy (born April 1, 1961) is an American former competition swimmer of Samoan and New Zealand descent [1] who participated in the 1984 Summer Olympics 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. [2] 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 University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he played both water polo (under coach Bob Horn) and swam (for coach Ron Ballatore). 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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References

  1. ^ "PROFILE: Robin Leamy (Olympic swimmer)". Nesian Village. 13 February 2016. Archived from the original on 16 November 2018.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Robin Leamy". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2012.