Robin Corsiglia

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Robin Corsiglia
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Personal information
Full nameRobin Marie Corsiglia
National teamCanada
Born (1962-08-12) August 12, 1962 (age 60)
Cleveland, Ohio
Height1.52 m (5 ft 0 in)
Weight45.4 kg (100 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Breaststroke
ClubPointe-Claire Swim Club
College team University of Southern California
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing Canada
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1976 Montreal 4x100 m medley
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1978 Edmonton 100 m breaststroke

Robin Marie Corsiglia (born August 12, 1962), later known by her married name Robin Scholefield, is a former competitive swimmer from Canada.

She represented Canada as a 13 year old at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec. Corsiglia won a bronze medal swimming the breaststroke leg of the women's 4x100-metre medley relay, together with her Canadian teammates Wendy Hogg (backstroke), Susan Sloan (butterfly), and Anne Jardin (freestyle). Individually, she also competed in the women's 100-metre breaststroke, finishing fourth in the event final.

Corsiglia attended the University of Southern California, and swam for the USC Trojans swimming and diving team. [1]

She received her Phd in Clinical Psychology (1999) from the California School of Professional Psychology, Los Angeles [2] and is a married mother of three and a sports psychologist at the University of Southern California - University Park Health Center in Los Angeles. [3]

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