James Roberts (swimmer)
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| Full name | James Roberts | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Rocket | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |  Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 April 1991 Tweed Heads, New South Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 90 kg (198 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Somerset | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | John Fowlie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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James Roberts (born 11 April 1991) is an Australian swimmer. He is a two-time medalist at the World Championships (one gold, one silver), and represented Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Career
[edit]At the 2011 Australian Swimming Championships, Roberts qualified for the national team by placing second behind James Magnussen in the 100-metre freestyle in a time of 48.72 seconds. At the 2011 World Aquatics Championships, Roberts won a total of two medals, one gold and one silver. Roberts earned both of his medals by swimming in the heats of the 4×100-metre freestyle and medley relay.[1][2] In the 100-meter freestyle, Roberts did not advance past the semifinals, and finished 10th overall with a time of 48.49.[3]
At the 2012 Australian Swimming Championships, which also served as Australia's Olympic trials, Roberts qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics by placing second in the 100-metre freestyle. In the 100-metre freestyle final, Roberts recorded a personal best of 47.63 seconds, finishing behind James Magnussen who won in 47.10.[4] In the 50-meter freestyle final, Roberts placed 4th in 22.31.
In his first event at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, the 4×100-metre freestyle relay, Roberts swam the anchor leg in a time of 48.09. The Australian team, although the favorites, failed to medal and placed fourth in the final with a time of 3:11.63. Roberts also swam in the heats of the 4×100-metre freestyle relay and recorded a time of 48.22 as the second leg. After recording a time of 48.93 in the heats of the 100-metre freestyle, Roberts failed to advance to the final, posting a time of 48.57 in the semifinals. As a result of illness, Roberts was left off the 4×100-metre medley relay in the heats.
Personal bests
[edit]- As of 19 March 2012.
| Event | Time | Venue | Date |
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| 100 m freestyle (long course) | 47.63 | Adelaide | 19 March 2012 |
References
[edit]- ^ "2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 4x100 metre freestyle relay (heats)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 March 2012. Retrieved 8 April 2012.
- ^ "2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 4x100 metre medley relay (heats)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 8 April 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre freestyle (semifinals)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 8 April 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Australian Olympic Trials: James Magnussen Drops Textile Best; Many Paralympic World Records". Swimming World Magazine. 19 March 2012. Archived from the original on 29 March 2014. Retrieved 19 March 2012.
External links
[edit]- James Roberts at World Aquatics
- James Roberts at Olympedia (archive)
- James Roberts at Olympics.com
- James Roberts at Commonwealth Games Australia
- James Roberts at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (archived)
- James Roberts at the Australian Olympic Committee at the Wayback Machine (archived 5 March 2021)
- James Roberts at Swimming Australia at the Wayback Machine (archived 3 October 2016)
- James Roberts at Swimming Australia at the Wayback Machine (archived 24 April 2015)
- "A day in the life of dual Olympian James Roberts" at the Australian Olympic Committee
- 1991 births
- Living people
- Australian male freestyle swimmers
- Swimmers from the Gold Coast
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Olympic swimmers for Australia
- Olympic bronze medalists for Australia
- Olympic bronze medalists in swimming
- Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia
- Swimmers at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- People from Tweed Heads, New South Wales
- Sportsmen from New South Wales
- 21st-century Australian sportsmen
- Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games