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| Full name | David Rodney Orbell | ||||||||||||||
| National team | Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 February 1963 | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Backstroke | ||||||||||||||
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David Rodney Orbell (born 27 February 1963) is an Australian former swimmer who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Orbell finished sixth in the final of the 200-metre backstroke, and first in the B Final (ninth overall) in the 100-metre backstroke. [1]
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