Robin Biddulph

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Robin Biddulph
Personal information
Born1920 (1920)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Medal record
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
British Empire Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1938 Sydney 440yd freestyle
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg1938 Sydney4x220yd freestyle relay

Robin Biddulph (born c.1920) [1] was an Australian swimmer who specialised in freestyle. He was the Australian national swimming champion, an Australian and New South Wales record holder [2] and a bronze medallist in the British Empire Games in 1938. In December 1937, at the age of 17, Biddulph out swan the Australian record holder Noel Ryan and broke the Australian record for 440 yards at the Manly Swimming Club by 2.2 seconds. [3]

See also

References

  1. "Youth Holds Australia's Swim Marks". The Charlotte Observer. 7 August 1938. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
  2. "Robin Biddulph May Swim Again". Courier-Mail. 16 December 1946.
  3. Hays, Harry (23 December 1937). "Australia's Best Ever: Biddulph May Be World Beater". The Referee.