| 词条 | Bob Skelton (swimmer) |
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| name = Bob Skelton | image = Ralph Breyer, Bob Skelton, Johnny Weissmuller. c. 1925.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Ralph Breyer, Bob Skelton, Johnny Weissmuller, c. 1925 | fullname = Robert Danforth Skelton | nicknames = "Bob" | national_team = {{USA}} | strokes = Breaststroke | club = Illinois Athletic Club | collegeteam = Northwestern University | birth_date = {{Birth date|1903|6|25|mf=y}} | birth_place = Wilmette, Illinois | death_date = {{Death date and age|1977|6|25|1903|6|25|mf=y}} | death_place = Houston, Texas | height = | weight = | medaltemplates ={{MedalSport | Men's swimming}}{{MedalCountry | the United States}}{{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games}}{{MedalGold | 1924 Paris | 200 m breaststroke}} }} Robert Danforth Skelton (June 25, 1903 – June 25, 1977) was an American competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder. Skelton competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, where he won a gold medal in the men's 200-meter breaststroke event. Skelton finished in 2:56.6, decisively defeating Belgian swimmer Joseph De Combe (2:59.2), and fellow American Bill Kirschbaum (3:01.0). Skelton was born in Wilmette, Illinois. He attended Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, where he swam for the Northwestern Wildcats swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition. He was the first American to set a world record for the 200-meter breaststroke. He died in Houston, Texas in 1977; he was 74 years old. See also
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{{S-start}}{{S-ach|rec}}{{Succession box | before = Erich Rademacher | title = Men's 200-meter breaststroke world record-holder (long course) | years = March 21, 1924 – April 7, 1924 | after = Erich Rademacher }}{{S-end}} {{Footer USA Swimming 1924 Summer Olympics}}{{Footer Olympic Champions 200 m Breaststroke Men}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Skelton, Bob}}{{US-swimming-Olympic-medalist-stub}} 11 : 1903 births|1977 deaths|People from Wilmette, Illinois|American male breaststroke swimmers|Former world record holders in swimming|International Swimming Hall of Fame inductees|Northwestern Wildcats men's swimmers|Olympic gold medalists for the United States in swimming|Olympic swimmers of the United States|Swimmers at the 1924 Summer Olympics|Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics |
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