Robert SKELTON

United States of America
United States of America
SwimmingSwimming
Olympic Medals
1G
Games Participations1
First Olympic GamesParis 1924
Year of Birth1903

Biography

Bob Skelton, of the Illinois AC, won four AAU titles, outdoors in the 200 breaststroke in 1922-23, and indoors in that event, yard equivalent, in 1921 and 1923. In 1924 he became the first American to set a world record for the 200 metre breaststroke. He also set nine American breaststroke records, most of them indoors. Skelton swam for the Illinois AC and Northwestern University.

Olympic Results

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