Robert Hurley (swimmer)
| Personal information | |
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| Full name | Robert Hurley |
| Nickname(s) | Bobby |
| Nationality |  Australia |
| Born | 26 September 1988 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) |
| Weight | 83 kg (183 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Freestyle, Backstroke |
| Club | Trinity Grammar |
| Coach | Ron McKeon |
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Robert "Bobby" Hurley (born 26 September 1988 in Melbourne) is an Australian swimmer[1] and former world record holder in the short-course (25 metre pool) 50 metres backstroke. In 2009 he won a bronze medal as a team member on the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay at the FINA World Championships in Rome.
Hurley is a middle and distance freestyle specialist and was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.
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Career
2008 World Championships (SC)
Hurley competed at the 2008 World Short Course Championships in Manchester, England. He swam in six events and picked up a gold medal in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay as a heat swimmer.
| 2008 World Championships (SC) events | |||
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| Final medal count: 1 (1 gold, 0 silver, 0 bronze) | |||
| Event | Time | Place | |
| 50m backstroke | 24.09 | 14th | |
| 100m backstroke | 51.19 | 8th | |
| 200m backstroke | 1:54.31 | 12th | |
| 400m freestyle | 3:48.19 | 13th | |
| 4 × 100 m medley relay | 3:27.51 | 4th | |
| 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | 6:55.65 | Gold | |
2009 World Championships
Hurley picked up a bronze medal in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay behind the USA and Russian Federation, he swam the second leg. Other events contested included 400m freestyle (11th), 800m freestyle (10th), 1500m freestyle (14th) and 100m backstroke (32nd).
| 2009 World Championships events | |||
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| Final medal count: 1 (0 gold, 0 silver, 1 bronze) | |||
| Event | Time | Place | |
| 100m backstroke | 55.18 | 32nd | |
| 400m freestyle | 3:46.01 | 11th | |
| 800m freestyle | 7:50.65 | 10th | |
| 1500m freestyle | 15:14.75 | 14th | |
| 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | 7:05.56 | Bronze | |
See also
References
External links
- Robert Hurley on TwitterLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
| Records | ||
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| Preceded by | Men's 50 metre backstroke world record holder (short course) 26 October 2008 – 12 November 2008 |
Succeeded by Peter Marshall |
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