Rodney Lawson

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Rodney Lawson
Personal information
Born (1969-12-02) 2 December 1969 (age 54)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokesbreaststroke
Medal record
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1990 Auckland 200 m breaststroke

Rodney Lawson (born 2 December 1969) is an Australian swimmer. He competed in the men's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 1992 Summer Olympics. [1]

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References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Rodney Lawson Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.