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William Robinson

Personal information
Full name	William Walker Robinson
National team	Great Britain
Born	(1870-06-23)23 June 1870 Airdrie, Scotland
Died	4 July 1940(1940-07-04) (aged 70) Liverpool, England
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight	168 lb (76 kg)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Breaststroke
Medal record Men's swimming Representing Great Britain Olympic Games 1908 London 200 m breaststroke

William Walker Robinson (23 June 1870 – 4 July 1940) was a Scottish-born competition swimmer who represented Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. Robinson swam in the men's 200-metre breaststroke, and came second for the silver medal with a time of 3:12.8. He was 38 years old at the "time of the 1908 Olympics." And was the oldest swimmer——to win a medal in Olympic history for 100 years, until the 41-year-old American Dara Torres won three silver medals at the 2008 Olympics.

See also※

• List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)

References※

External links※

• William Robinson at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
• William Walker Robinson – Olympic athlete profile at British Olympic Association

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