Robin Brew
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Full name | Robin Brew | ||||||||||||||||
Nickname(s) | Robdog | ||||||||||||||||
National team | Great Britain | ||||||||||||||||
Born | Portsmouth, England[1] | 28 June 1962||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Weight | 94 kg (207 lb; 14.8 st) | ||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle, medley | ||||||||||||||||
Club | Kelly College, Tavistock | ||||||||||||||||
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Robin Brew (born 28 June 1962) is a male former competition swimmer for Great Britain and Scotland.
Swimming career[]
Brew represented Great Britain at the Olympic Games and Scotland in the Commonwealth Games. He swam in the men's 200-metre individual medley at the 1984 Summer Olympics where he came fourth.[2][3] His greatest sporting moment came at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics when he broke the Olympic record in the 200-metre individual medley in the semifinals. "I pretty much went to the Olympic Games without expectations. I'd done my research and I knew, really, that there were two swimmers way ahead of the game. On the day I had a great heat, I just tried too hard in the final and that for me has been a lesson in life; you've got to apply just the right amount of pressure. If you over hurt yourself early on it really comes back on you. It's got to be 100% not a 110%, 110% is a 90% return."
At the ASA National British Championships he won the 200 metres medley title in 1980 and 1983.[4][5]
Personal life[]
Robin Brew held the position as the Director of Swimming at Mount Kelly School, for 16 years after his father Archibald Brew who held the position for 20 years.[6] His brother Paul Brew is also a former international swimmer. Both brothers attended Kelly College.[2] Brew now runs his business RobinBrewSports acting as a triathlon and swim coach.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Robin Brew". Archived from the original on 2011-05-19. Retrieved 2018-03-28.
- ^ a b "Robin Brew Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2011-05-19. Retrieved 2020-04-13.
- ^ "Profile on Robin Brew's site". Archived from the original on 2009-01-25. Retrieved 2009-02-03.
- ^ "Hennessy, John. "Swimming." Times, 27 May 1980, p. 11". Times Digital Archive.
- ^ "Still, Athole. "Hardcastle on song in medley." Times, 25 July 1983, p. 21". Times Digital Archive.
- ^ "Swim Centre". Mount Kelly. Archived from the original on 2019-08-29. Retrieved 2020-04-13.
- 1962 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Portsmouth
- Scottish male swimmers
- British male swimmers
- Olympic swimmers of Great Britain
- Swimmers at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1982 Commonwealth Games
- Swimmers at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Scotland
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Scotland
- Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming