fullname club birth_place weight height birth_date article_title strokes name
bruce richard robertson pacific dolphins vancouver , british columbia 70 kg lb on 1.78 m ftin on 27 april 1953 bruce robertson -lrb- swimmer -rrb-
 freestyle , butterfly bruce robertson
bruce robertson -lrb- swimmer -rrb-

bruce richard robertson , cm -lrb- born april 27 , 1953 -rrb- is a former freestyle and butterfly swimmer from canada , who competed for his native country at two consecutive summer olympics , starting in 1972 in munich .
there he won the silver medal in the 100-metre butterfly , and bronze in the 4 × 100-metre medley relay , alongside erik fish , william mahony and robert kasting .
a specialist in the butterfly stroke , his greatest achievement was winning the 100-metre butterfly race at the 1973 world aquatics championships in belgrade -- the first world championship swimming performance by a canadian in over 60 years .
robertson also swam on the third place 4 × 1000-metre medley relay team there .
at the 1974 british commonwealth games in christchurch , he won two gold , two silver and two bronze medals .
in 1973 , he was named male athlete of the year , and was honoured with the order of canada .
he was awarded the queen elizabeth ii golden jubilee medal in 2002 .
he currently lives in manotick , ontario , canada .
he currently swims with the nepean masters swim club in barrhaven , ontario and holds canadian national age-group records in the 100m freestyle and 200m freestyle .
