Carl Robie
Swimmer, Olympic athlete
1945 – 2011
Who was Carl Robie?
Carl Joseph Robie, III was an American swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder.
At the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, Robie received a silver medal for his second-place finish in the men's 200-meter butterfly. Four years later at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico, he won a gold medal for winning the men's 200-meter butterfly. Robie broke the world record in men's 200-mter butterfly four times during his career, including twice on the same day in August 1962.
Robie practiced civil trial law in Sarasota, Florida. He was inducted in the International Swimming Hall of Fame as an "Honor Swimmer" in 1976.
Robie died at the age of 66 on November 29, 2011.
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