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Bob Windle (born 1944) is a former Australian freestyle swimmer. He won the 1500 m freestyle and took bronze in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, and silver and bronze in the 4 × 200 m and 4 × 100 m freestyle relays respectively at the 1968 Summer Olympics. He is the only male swimmer to represent Australia at the Olympics in all freestyle distances from 100 m to 1500 m. During his career, Windle set six world records, won six Commonwealth Games gold medals, and won 19 Australian Championships in all distances from 220 yd to 1650 yd. He won his first national title in 1961 and made his international debut at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games. After the 1964 Olympics, Windle enrolled at Indiana University, and converted to sprint swimming. He competed in the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica, winning three competitions, all in world record times. He competed in his second Olympics in Mexico City in 1968, racing the 100 m and 200 m freestyle and the corresponding relays. He retired after the games and worked for Allis-Chalmers in the United States, before being transferred to their Australian division. (Full article...)

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