Robin Brew
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Full name | Robin Brew | |||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Robdog | |||||||||||||||||
National team | Great Britain | |||||||||||||||||
Born | (1962-06-28) 28 June 1962 (age 62) Portsmouth, England[1] | |||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||
Weight | Template:Convert 104 kg | |||||||||||||||||
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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."
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
Robin Brew held the position as the Director of Swimming at Mount Kelly School, for 16 years after his father Archibald Brew Robin Brew is married to Elizabeth Brew a successful former GB Swimming Team Physiotherapist who runs her own highly acclaimed Physiotherapy & Wellness Clinic business Robin and Elizabeth have two sons Tom & Jamie who have both represented GB & Spain in both Swimming & Triathon and now successful in business and sport .[8] His brother Paul Brew is also a former international swimmer. Both brothers attended Kelly College.[2] Brew now runs his business with his wife Liz RobinBrewSports acting as a parting triathlon and swim coach.
See also
- List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (men)
References
- ^ "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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- 1975:
Kjell Isaksson
- 1976:
Kjell Isaksson
- 1977:
Ties Kruize
- 1979:
Ties Kruize and
Brian Jacks (Joint winners)
- 1980:
Brian Jacks
- 1981:
Andy Ripley
- 1982:
Brian Hooper
- 1983:
Brian Hooper
- 1984:
Brian Hooper
- 1985:
Robin Brew