Robert Hooper
- September 2, 2001
- 83 years
About Robert Hooper
Robert Hooper, 83, Canadian Olympic swimmer (1936).
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|Robert Percy Hooper (September 11, 1917 – September 2, 2001) was a Canadian freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin.
In 1936 he was a member of the Canadian team which finished seventh in the 4x200-metre freestyle relay. In the 400-metre freestyle, as well as in the 1500-metre freestyle, he was eliminated in the first round. At the 1934 Empire Games he was a member of the Canadian team which won the gold medal in the 4×200-yard freestyle event. Four years later at the Empire Games in Sydney he won the silver medal with the Canadian team in the 4×220-yard freestyle competition.
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