Robin Backhaus
 Backhaus at the 1972 Olympics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Robin James Backhaus | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | February 12, 1955 Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 170 lb (77 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Butterfly | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Riverside Aquatic Association | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | University of Alabama | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Robin James Backhaus (born February 12, 1955) is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic medalist, and former world record-holder.
Backhaus represented the United States as a 17-year-old at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany.[1] He won a bronze medal for his third-place performance in the men's 200-meter butterfly, finishing with a time of 2:03.23 behind Mark Spitz and Gary Hall, and completing an American sweep of the event.[2]
At the 1973 World Aquatics Championships in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, he won gold medals for his first-place finish in the 200-meter butterfly, and as a member of the winning U.S. team in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay. He also received a bronze medal third for finishing in the 100-meter butterfly.
Domestically Backhaus won three AAU titles, in the 200 yd butterfly indoors in 1973–74, and in the 100 m butterfly in 1973. He also won NCAA titles in the 200 butterfly in 1974–75. After retiring from competitions Backhaus worked as a teacher and coach at Konawaena High School in Hawaii for four years, and then trained swimmers in Texas and California for over 20 years.[1][3]
See also[]
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
- List of University of Alabama people
- List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (men)
- World record progression 4 × 200 metres freestyle relay
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Robin Backhaus. |
- ^ a b Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, Robin Backhaus. Retrieved October 22, 2012.
- ^ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Swimming at the 1972 München Summer Games, Men's 200 metres Butterfly Final. Retrieved October 22, 2012.
- ^ Robin Backhaus. Hawaii Swim site
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