Robin Brew
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| Full name | Robin Brew | |||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Robdog | |||||||||||||||||
| National team | Great Britain | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 June 1962 Portsmouth, England[1] | |||||||||||||||||
| 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
[edit]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."
He competed at the Commonwealth Games in 1982, where he won a silver medal in the 200m Individual Medley event and a bronze medal in the 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay,[4] and in 1986.[5]
At the ASA National British Championships he won the 200 metres medley title in 1980 and 1983.[6][7]
Personal life
[edit]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.[8] 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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Robin Brew". Archived from the original on 19 May 2011. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
- ^ a b "Robin Brew Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 19 May 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
- ^ "Profile on Robin Brew's site". Archived from the original on 25 January 2009. Retrieved 3 February 2009.
- ^ "Robin Brew". Team Scotland. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
- ^ "Results: Day Six". The Sydney Morning Herald. 1 August 1986. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
- ^ "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 29 August 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
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- 1962 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Portsmouth
- Scottish male medley swimmers
- British male medley swimmers
- Scottish male freestyle swimmers
- British male freestyle swimmers
- Olympic swimmers for 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
- Medallists at the 1982 Commonwealth Games
- English people of Scottish descent
- People educated at Kelly College