Roy Romain
 Romain at the 1950 British Empire Games | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 27 July 1918 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 19 December 2010 (aged 92) Ashford, Surrey, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 198 cm (6 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Otter Swimming Club, London | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Royston Isaac Romain (27 July 1918 – 19 December 2010)[1] was a British swimmer who competed in the Olympic games in 1948 in London.
Biography
[edit]He was educated at Forest School, Walthamstow. He competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics in men's 200 metres breaststroke, but did not win a medal, despite having gone into the competition with the year's fastest time. He also represented England and won a gold medal in the 330 yard medley relay and a silver medal in the 220 yard breaststroke at the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland, New Zealand.[2][3] At the ASA National British Championships he won the 220 yards breaststroke title in 1947, 1948 and 1949.[4][5] He began swimming at the age of nine or ten and continued into his 90s, winning the world Masters Swimming competitions in his 70s and 80s.[6][7]
See also
[edit]References
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- ^ Eltis, Vicki (20 January 2011). "Tributes to Olympic swimmer who died aged 92". Surrey Herald. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
- ^ "R. Romain". Commonwealth Games Federation. 2019. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
- ^ "Auckland 1950 Team". Commonwealth Games England. 2019. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
- ^ "Swimming". The Times. 12 July 1948. p. 2. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
- ^ "Swimming". The Times. 23 July 1949. p. 6. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
- ^ Gjerde, Arild; Jeroen Heijmans; Bill Mallon; Hilary Evans (2008). "Roy Romain Biography and Statistics". Olympics. Sports Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2008.
- ^ "'It was the youth of the world getting together'". Sport. The Guardian. 10 July 2008. Retrieved 3 August 2008.
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- 1918 births
- 2010 deaths
- English male breaststroke swimmers
- British male breaststroke swimmers
- Olympic swimmers for Great Britain
- Swimmers at the 1948 Summer Olympics
- European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Swimmers at the 1950 British Empire Games
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
- Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming
- Medallists at the 1950 British Empire Games
- Sportspeople from Ashford, Surrey
- Masters swimmers
- British military personnel of World War II
- English solicitors
- 20th-century English sportsmen