He also competed at the 1966 Commonwealth Games and won silver medals in both the 4x110-yard freestyle and the 4x220-yard freestyle. He also won two silver medals and a gold medal at the 1970 Commonwealth Games, in the 4x100-metre freestyle relay, 4x200-metre freestyle relay, and the 4x100-metre medley relay, respectively. At the 1972 Olympic Games he finished in 10th place in both the 100-metre freestyle and the 100-metre butterfly.[1]
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robert, kasting, robert, kasting, born, august, 1950, canadian, former, competition, swimmer, specialized, freestyle, butterfly, events, kasting, represented, canada, 1972, summer, olympics, munich, germany, where, bronze, medal, 4x100, metre, medley, relay, t. Robert A Kasting born August 28 1950 is a Canadian former competition swimmer who specialized in freestyle and butterfly events Kasting represented Canada at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich Germany where he won the bronze medal in the men s 4x100 metre medley relay together with Canadian teammates Erik Fish Bruce Robertson and William Mahony Robert KastingPersonal informationFull nameRobert A KastingNickname Bob National teamCanadaBorn 1950 08 28 August 28 1950 age 73 Ottawa Ontario canadaHeight1 89 m 6 ft 2 in Weight80 kg 176 lb SportSportSwimmingStrokesFreestyle butterflyClubLethbridge Amateur Swim ClubCollege teamYale UniversityMedal record Men s swimmingRepresenting CanadaOlympic Games1972 Munich 4 100 m medleyCommonwealth Games1970 Edinburgh 4 100 m medley1966 Kingston 4 110 yd freestyle1966 Kingston 4 220 yd freestyle1970 Edinburgh 4 100 m freestyle1970 Edinburgh 4 200 m freestylePan American Games1967 Winnipeg 4 100 m freestyle1967 Winnipeg 4 200 m freestyle1971 Cali 4 100 m freestyle1971 Cali 4 200 m freestyle1971 Cali 100 m freestyleHe also competed at the 1966 Commonwealth Games and won silver medals in both the 4x110 yard freestyle and the 4x220 yard freestyle He also won two silver medals and a gold medal at the 1970 Commonwealth Games in the 4x100 metre freestyle relay 4x200 metre freestyle relay and the 4x100 metre medley relay respectively At the 1972 Olympic Games he finished in 10th place in both the 100 metre freestyle and the 100 metre butterfly 1 Kastings was a member of the Board of Directors for Calgary Olympic Organizing Committee of the 1988 Winter Olympics 2 Kasting attended Yale University in New Haven Connecticut where he was a member of the Yale Bulldogs swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association NCAA and Ivy League competition from 1970 to 1972 He was the Bulldogs team captain as a senior in 1972 He was born in Ottawa Ontario but raised in Lethbridge Alberta See also editList of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming men List of Olympic medalists in swimming men References edit Profile at Sports Reference OCO 88 1988 XV Olympic Winter Games Official Report in English and French XV Olympic Winter Games Organizing Committee p 658 ISBN 0 921060 26 2 a href Template Citation html title Template Citation citation a CS1 maint numeric names authors list link External links editCanadian Olympic Committee nbsp nbsp This article about a Canadian Olympic medallist is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp nbsp This Canadian swimming biography is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Robert Kasting amp oldid 1156932942, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
