Robin Brew

Robin Brew
Personal information
Full name Robin Brew
National team  Great Britain
Born (1962-06-28) 28 June 1962
Portsmouth, England[1]
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight 86 kg (190 lb; 13.5 st)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle, medley

Robin Brew (born 28 June 1962) is a British former competition swimmer who represented Great Britain the Olympics and Scotland in the Commonwealth Games. He swam in the men's 200-metre individual medley at the 1984 Summer Olympics where he came fourth.[2][3]

Approach

His greatest sporting moment came at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics when he broke the Olympic record in the 200-metre individual medley in the semifinals. "I pretty much went to the Olympic Games without expectations. I'd done my research and I knew, really, that there were two swimmers way ahead of the game. On the day I had a great heat, I just tried too hard in the final and that for me has been a lesson in life; you've got to apply just the right amount of pressure. If you over hurt yourself early on it really comes back on you. It's got to be 100% not a 110%, 110% is a 90% return."

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